Table 16
U.S. Tobacco Trade Balance:
Unmanufactured and Manufactured
(Thousand Dollars)

 

January - April
Tobacco Type 1996 1997
Imports Exports Trade Balance Imports Exports Trade Balance
Unmanufactured Tobacco
Flue-cured 50,657 292,612 241,955 60,197 319,895 259,698
Burley 39,506 179,806 140,300 56,568 198,071 141,503
Oriental 117,018 0 (117,018) 228,399 0 (228,399)
Other 32,514 60,884 28,370 54,028 75,512 21,484
Total Unman. 239,695 533,302 293,607 399,192 593,478 194,286
Manufactured Tobacco
Cigarettes 11,733 1,483,780 1,472,047 12,419 1,402,076 1,389,657
Other 44,603 154,997 110,394 109,335 172,253 62,918
Total Manuf. 56,336 1,638,777 1,582,441 121,754 1,574,329 1,452,575
Total 296,031 2,172,079 1,876,048 520,946 2,167,807 1,646,861

1/ Imports for consumption.

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

June 1997