| May | January - May | January - December | ||||
| 1996 | 1997 | 1996 | 1997 | 1996 | 1997/1 | |
| Exports: | ||||||
| Unmanufactured Tobacco | ||||||
| MT | 20,802 | 31,995 | 103,062 | 123,168 | 222,316 | 220,000 |
| $1,000 | 110,148 | 226,462 | 643,450 | 819,941 | 1,390,311 | 1,408,000 |
| $/MT | 5,295 | 7,078 | 6,243 | 6,657 | 6,254 | 6,235 |
| Bulk Smoking Tobacco | ||||||
| MT | 5,173 | 6,105 | 21,205 | 24,226 | 50,062 | 52,000 |
| $1,000 | 43,241 | 51,430 | 161,407 | 187,449 | 381,320 | 390,000 |
| $/MT | 8,359 | 8,424 | 7,612 | 7,738 | 7,617 | 7,500 |
| Cigarettes | ||||||
| Pieces (mil.) | 21,054 | 19,425 | 76,112 | 89,367 | 243,897 | 240,000 |
| $1,000 | 418,760 | 384,301 | 1,483,780 | 1,786,377 | 4,735,789 | 4,810,000 |
| Unmanufactured Tobacco Imports: | ||||||
| For Consumption | ||||||
| MT | 22,738 | 24,696 | 102,711 | 127,257 | 302,386 | 325,000 |
| $1,000 | 57,659 | 91,531 | 297,354 | 490,723 | 922,697 | 1,000,025 |
| $/MT | 2,536 | 3,706 | 2,895 | 3,856 | 3,051 | 3,077 |
| General Imports | ||||||
| MT | 31755 | 37,152 | 135,054 | 142,805 | 326,453 | 340,000 |
| $1,000 | 90562 | 152,888 | 430,615 | 563,490 | 1,052,536 | 1,156,000 |
| $/MT | 2,852 | 4,115 | 3,188 | 3,946 | 3,224 | 3,400 |
| Unmanufactured Imports from CBI Countries/2 | ||||||
| Metric Tons | ||||||
| Consump. | 997 | 928 | 4,328 | 5,345 | 13,368 | 13,000 |
| General | 801 | 1,394 | 4,429 | 5,882 | 12,756 | 13,000 |
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
July 1997