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Table 2
U.S. Tobacco Trade Data

 

October January - October January - December
1996 1997 1996 1997 1996 1997/1
Exports:
Unmanufactured Tobacco
MT 22,988 16,072 176,222 185,445 222,316 230,000
$1,000 155,850 132,094 1,114,443 1,311,993 1,390,311 1,470,000
$/MT 6,780 8,219 6,324 7,075 6,254 6,391
Bulk Smoking Tobacco
MT 5,931 4,222 39,578 45,118 50,062 52,000
$1,000 35,817 36,687 313,153 366,169 381,320 400,000
$/MT 6,039 8,689 7,912 8,116 7,617 7,692
Cigarettes
Pieces (mil.) 23,198 19,298 205,147 180,102 243,897 240,000
$1,000 459,761 392,586 3,993,169 3,620,655 4,735,789 4,810,000
Unmanufactured Tobacco Imports:
For Consumption
MT 65,411 20,361 265,095 255,152 302,386 325,000
$1,000 209,617 72,516 814,717 933,849 922,697 1,220,000
$/MT 3,205 3,562 3,073 3,660 3,051 3,754
General Imports
MT 34,282 14,454 284,034 278,919 326,453 340,000
$1,000 96,613 38,359 903,318 1,029,063 1,052,536 1,225,000
$/MT 2,818 2,654 3,180 3,689 3,224 3,603
Unmanufactured Imports from CBI Countries/2
Metric Tons
Consump. 1,483 0 10,658 13,345 13,368 13,000
General 1,649 0 10,213 14,914 12,779 13,000

1/ Forecast

2/ Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI) countries include: Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Costa Rica, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Montserrat, Netherland Antilles, St. Christopher-Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Panama and Guyana.

December 1997

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