TABLE 10
U.S. EXPORTS OF BURLEY TOBACCO
BY COUNTRY OF DESTINATION
(METRIC TONS AND $1000)
	JAN-MAR					:	MARCH
COUNTRY	QUANTITY		:	VALUE		:	QUANTITY	VALUE	:	VALUE
	1996	1997	:	1996	1997	:	1996	1997	:	1996	1997
EUROPEAN UNION 1/								0
GERMANY	3,803	2,611		28,192	20,637		2,783	2,058		20,769	16,281
ITALY	1,613	2,244		9,874	14,541		1,556	1,907		9,414	12,187
BELGIUM-LUXEMBOURG	212	1,126		1,823	8,867		87	294		674	2,394
NETHERLANDS	3,497	1,125		27,187	8,659		2,091	1,125		16,192	8,659
FRANCE	612	877		4,978	7,280		612	838		4,978	7,043
DENMARK	456	525		3,769	4,450		182	101		1,511	848
SPAIN	100	160		682	1,065		59	66		399	452
UNITED KINGDOM	246	138		2,031	889		0	0		0	0
SWEDEN	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0
GREECE	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0
PORTUGAL	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0
IRELAND	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0
FINLAND	12	0		96	0		0	0		0	0
AUSTRIA	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0
TOTAL EU	10,551	8,806		78,632	66,388		7,370	6,389		53,937	47,864
OTHER MARKETS
THAILAND	4,144	4,323		30,004	35,499		0	1,763		0	14,380
TURKEY	726	2,648		5,708	21,773		726	913		5,708	7,537
PHILIPPINES	347	802		2,898	6,595		222	374		1,856	3,148
MALAYSIA	212	531		1,439	4,121		83	77		564	547
CANADA	197	355		902	1,259		41	225		274	679
SWITZERLAND	721	275		5,607	983		358	0		2,809	0
SINGAPORE	300	166		2,425	1,415		100	30		808	253
JAPAN	339	125		2,857	1,091		339	0		2,857	0
HONG KONG	204	111		1,645	940		67	48		540	407
EGYPT	0	74		0	332		0	0		0	0
HUNGARY	0	27		0	258		0	27		0	258
INDONESIA	36	22		338	173		18	9		170	86
HAITI	0	17		0	85		0	17		0	85
NEW ZEALAND	6	6		46	53		0	0		0	0
PERU	38	6		252	55		11	0		75	0
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO	0	1		0	5		0	0		0	0
PALAU	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0
OTHER	582	0		3,080	0		121	0		533	0
TOTAL OTHER MARKETS	7,852	9,489		57,201	74,637		2,086	3,483		16,194	27,380
WORLD TOTAL	18,403	18,293		135,836	141,025		9,456	9,872		70,131	75,244
NOTE: 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