Table 2
U.S. Tobacco Trade Data

 

April January - April January - December
1996 1997 1996 1997 1996 1997/1
Exports:
Unmanufactured Tobacco
MT 17,735 19,622 82,260 91,173 222,316 196,000
$1,000 112,357 132,620 533,302 593,479 1,390,311 1,253,632
$/MT 6,335 6,759 6,483 6,509 6,254 6,395
Bulk Smoking Tobacco
MT 4,062 4,179 16,032 18,121 50,062 43,590
$1,000 27,994 28,674 118,166 136,019 381,320 328,064
$/MT 6,892 6,861 7,371 7,506 7,617 7,526
Cigarettes
Pieces (mil.) 18,121 14,548 76,112 69,942 243,897 194,331
$1,000 355,833 287,141 1,483,780 1,402,076 4,735,789 3,807,994
Unmanufactured Tobacco Imports:
For Consumption
MT 24,256 22,314 79,973 102,561 302,386 277,237
$1,000 59,448 78,458 239,695 399,192 922,697 1,278,951
$/MT 2,451 3,516 2,997 3,892 3,051 4,613
General Imports
MT 28802 30,139 103,299 105,653 326,453 294,577
$1,000 86476 108,426 340,053 410,602 1,052,536 850,965
$/MT 3,002 3,598 3,292 3,886 3,224 2,889
Unmanufactured Imports from CBI Countries/2
Metric Tons
Consump. 787 1,596 3,331 4,417 13,368 22,340
General 920 1,587 3,628 4,488 12,756 15,903

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.

Note: Due to data aggregation, rounding errors may occur.
Source: Compiled from Bureau of the Census Records.
Prepared by: USDA/FAS/COTS

June 1997