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Table 13
U.S. Imports of Unmanufactured Tobacco
for Consumption by Tobacco Type
(Metric Tons and Thousand Dollars)

 

January - October October
Tobacco Type Quantity Value Quantity Value
1996 1997 1996 1997 1996 1997 1996 1997
Flue-cured
Unstemmed 1,599 2,109 2,310 4,333 14 0 53 0
Stemmed 52,547 59,245 216,005 258,965 2,873 4,328 10,555 18,836
Total Flue-cured 54,146 61,354 218,315 263,298 2,887 4,328 10,608 18,836
Burley
Unstemmed 1,305 6 2,896 32 140 0 321 0
Stemmed 48,633 53,882 180,516 219,001 8,367 6,712 35,191 23,312
Total Burley 49,938 53,888 183,412 219,033 8,507 6,712 35,512 23,312
Turkish, Unst 77,461 68,864 324,302 317,124 35,604 3,729 149,632 19,429
Other Tobacco
Unstemmed 12,026 16,242 23,151 35,612 1,036 905 1,961 2,824
Stemmed 14,052 17,982 29,556 48,180 3,023 1,392 5,722 5,024
Total Cigarette Leaf 207,623 218,330 778,736 883,247 51,057 17,066 203,435 69,425
Cigar Wrapper
Unstemmed 444 562 3,341 7,736 26 47 159 577
Stemmed 262 425 9,125 18,664 40 38 733 1,089
Total Wrapper 706 987 12,466 26,401 65 85 892 1,666
Stems 48,223 23,714 18,040 7,479 11,621 1,808 3,766 600
Scraps 8,540 12,123 5,474 16,722 2,667 1,402 1,524 824
Total Unmanufactured 265,094 255,153 814,717 933,848 65,411 20,361 209,617 72,516

December 1997

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