TABLE 16
U.S. TOBACCO TRADE BALANCE: UNMANUFACTURED AND MANUFACTURED
($1,000)
	JAN-MAR
	1996				1997
TOBACCO TYPE			:	TRADE			:	TRADE
	IMPORTS 1/	EXPORTS	:	BALANCE	IMPORTS 1/	EXPORTS	:	BALANCE
UNMANUFACTURED TOBACCO			:				:
FLUE-CURED	36,278	237,074	:	200,796	46,653	263,416	:	216,763
BURLEY	31,723	135,836	:	104,113	38,468	141,025	:	102,557
ORIENTAL	89,420	0	:	(89,420)	195,487	0	:	(195,487)
OTHER UNMANUFACTURED	22,826	48,035	:	25,209	40,126	56,417	:	16,291
TOTAL UNMANUFACTURED	180,247	420,945	:	240,698	320,734	460,858	:	140,124
			:				:
MANUFACTURED TOBACCO			:				:
CIGARETTES	8,651	1,127,948	:	1,119,297	9,510	1,114,935	:	1,105,425
OTHER MANUFACTURED	30,612	118,088	:	87,476	76,666	133,740	:	57,074
TOTAL MANUFACTURED	39,263	1,246,036	:	1,206,773	86,176	1,248,675	:	1,162,499
			:				:
TOTAL	219,510	1,666,981	:	1,447,471	406,910	1,709,533	:	1,302,623
1/ IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION
SOURCE: COMPILED FROM BUREAU OF THE CENSUS RECORDS.
PREPARED BY USDA/FAS/TCSD
MAY 1997