TABLE 8
U.S. EXPORTS OF UNMANUFACTURED TOBACCO
BY COUNTRY OF DESTINATION
(METRIC TONS AND $1000)
	JAN-MAR					:	MARCH
COUNTRY	QUANTITY		:	VALUE		:	QUANTITY		:	VALUE
	1996	1997	:	1996	1997	:	1996	1997	:	1996	1997
EUROPEAN UNION 1/
GERMANY	10,176	13,903		69,533	94,947		3,993	4,908		29,231	32,799
BELGIUM-LUXEMBOURG	930	6,356		6,625	33,265		273	2,568		1,921	14,549
ITALY	2,632	2,940		15,759	19,565		1,556	1,931		9,414	12,261
NETHERLANDS	8,876	2,905		54,643	20,243		2,185	1,669		16,839	12,066
DENMARK	1,847	2,649		10,382	15,579		595	876		3,368	4,699
UNITED KINGDOM	3,473	2,171		19,750	13,653		765	852		3,600	5,686
FRANCE	689	1,566		5,576	11,840		616	957		4,996	7,582
SPAIN	1,716	1,401		10,568	8,247		554	624		3,408	3,786
FINLAND	50	111		160	386		19	111		32	386
AUSTRIA	238	62		1,703	241		0	61		0	236
SWEDEN	300	20		1,456	157		286	0		1,385	0
IRELAND	7	13		7	243		7	13		7	243
PORTUGAL	0	0		3	0		0	0		3	0
GREECE	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0
TOTAL EU	30,934	34,097		196,165	218,366		10,849	14,570		74,204	94,293
OTHER MARKETS:
JAPAN	9,067	9,939		65,256	31,697		1,911	1,275		14,691	7,493
THAILAND	6,090	7,564		43,399	59,057		0	1,865		0	14,714
TURKEY	5,126	6,847		24,165	51,069		3,181	2,423		17,810	17,029
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF	2,432	3,049		19,901	26,260		2,432	2,997		19,901	25,850
MALAYSIA	1,619	2,388		10,532	17,480		515	840		3,230	6,109
PHILIPPINES	568	1,425		4,543	11,367		269	935		2,169	7,488
SWITZERLAND	1,572	1,268		10,714	5,991		809	589		6,030	2,258
AUSTRALIA	1,305	711		9,116	3,012		621	308		4,327	1,068
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC	424	643		6,285	13,275		160	229		2,317	4,043
TAIWAN	26	557		204	3,370		16	3		126	16
INDONESIA	1,001	537		7,667	4,000		386	200		2,932	1,589
SINGAPORE	897	469		6,608	3,505		296	114		2,195	794
CANADA	230	450		1,032	1,683		42	250		278	768
PAKISTAN	86	259		734	1,885		58	259		490	1,885
HONG KONG	490	196		3,314	1,595		150	81		1,058	673
RUSSIAN FEDERATION	131	142		154	328		15	0		104	0
JAMAICA & DEP	66	101		542	824		15	34		146	281
OTHER	2,459	910		10,614	6,095		478	264		2,301	1,899
TOTAL OTHER MARKETS	33,589	37,455		224,780	242,493		11,354	12,666		80,105	93,957
WORLD TOTAL	64,525	71,552		420,945	460,858		22,206	27,238		154,307	188,251
NOTES: DUE TO DATA AGGREGATION, ROUNDING ERRORS MAY OCCUR.
1/ EUROPEAN UNION (EU): GROUP OF 15 COUNTRIES FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY (EC).
SOURCE: COMPILED FROM BUREAU OF THE CENSUS RECORDS.
PREPARED BY USDA\FAS\TCSD
MAY 1997