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U.S. TRADE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY-SEPTEMBER 1997
U.S. unmanufactured tobacco exports for January-September 1997 totaled 149,444 metric tons, valued at $1.02 billion. This represents an 10 percent increase in quantity and a 23 percent increase in value when compared to January-September 1996. The leading U.S. leaf export markets so far in 1997 are: the European Union, 81,320 tons; Japan, 26,072 tons; Turkey, 18,956 tons; Thailand, 7,564 tons; Malaysia, 7,207 tons; Switzerland, 3,290; and the Republic of Korea, 3,949 tons.
Flue-cured exports for January-September 1997 reached 81,015 metric tons, valued at $586.9 million, up 11 percent in quantity and 16 percent in value from January-September 1996. The leading U.S. flue-cured export markets so far in 1997 are: the European Union, 36,493 tons; Japan, 14,368 tons; Turkey, 10,112 tons; Malaysia, 4,436 tons; Thailand, 3,194 tons; the Republic of Korea, 3,403 tons; and Hong Kong, 1,335 tons.
Burley exports for January-September 1997 totaled 51,061 tons, valued at $408.5 million, up 26 percent in quantity and 34 percent in value from January-September 1996. The leading U.S. burley export markets so far in 1997 are: the European Union, 25,943 tons; Turkey, 7,471 tons; Japan, 5,634 tons; Thailand, 4,323 tons; Malaysia, 2,167 tons; Switzerland, 1,557 tons; and the Philippines, 1,750 tons.
U.S. cigarette exports in January-September 1997 totaled 160.8 billion pieces, valued at $3.29 billion, down 12 percent in quantity and nearly 9 percent in value from January-September 1996. The leading U.S. cigarette export markets so far in 1997 are: Japan, 51.5 billion pieces; the European Union, 34.4 billion pieces (to mainly Belgium/Luxembourg which is a major transshipment point for exports to other European markets); Lebanon, 8.15 billion pieces; Cyprus, 8.3 billion pieces; Saudi Arabia, 7.0 billion pieces; the Russian Federation, 7.02 billion pieces; the Republic of Korea, 5.66 billion pieces; and Singapore, 4.46 billion pieces.
U.S. exports of bulk smoking tobacco for January-September 1997 totaled 40,896 metric tons, valued at $247.9 million, up 18 percent in quantity and 19 percent in value from January-September 1996. The leading export markets so far in 1997 are: the European Union, 19,557 metric tons; Turkey, 7,544 tons; Japan, 3,147 tons; Poland, 2,862 tons; and Egypt, 2,077 tons.
U.S. unmanufactured tobacco imports for consumption (duty paid) for January-September 1997 totaled 234,792 tons, valued at $861,332 million, up nearly 18 percent in quantity and 42 percent in value when compared to January-September 1996. Imports of oriental tobacco, the leading tobacco type imported by the United States, reached 65,135 tons, valued at $297.695 million in January-September 1997, up nearly 56 percent in quantity and 70 percent in value when compared to the same period in 1996. Flue-cured imports so far in 1997 totaled 57,026 tons, valued at $244,462 million, up 11 percent in quantity and up nearly 18 percent in value from January-September 1996. Burley imports for the first eight months of 1997 totaled 47,175 tons, valued at $195,720 million, up nearly 14 percent in quantity and up 32 percent in value from January-September 1996. U.S. imports of stems and scrap tobacco so far in 1997 total 32,936 tons, valued at $23,111 million, down nearly 23 percent in quantity and up 22 percent in value from the same eight month period in 1996. So far in 1997, the leading suppliers to the U.S. of unmanufactured tobacco imports for consumption are: Turkey, 58,777 tons; Brazil, 54,810 tons; Argentina, 23,092 tons; the European Union, 16,388 tons; Malawi, 14,164 tons; Indonesia, 9,513 tons; the Dominican Republic, 7,486 tons; Zimbabwe, 6,595 tons; and Canada, 6,159 tons.
U.S. general imports (actual arrivals) of unmanufactured tobacco so far in 1997 totaled 264,464 tons, valued at $990,704 million. This represents a nearly 6 percent increase in quantity and nearly 13 percent increase in value from the same period in 1996.
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