Table 10
U.S. Exports of Burley Tobacco
by Country of Destination
(Metric Tons and Thousand Dollars)

 

January - June June
COUNTRY Quantity Value Quantity Value
1996 1997 1996 1997 1996 1997 1996 1997
European Union/1
Germany 8,178 9,391 61,953 76,534 1,485 1,578 11,187 12,684
Netherlands 7,242 4,901 56,231 40,394 990 1,328 7,838 11,377
Belgium-Luxembourg 989 3,208 7,879 26,191 251 700 1,921 5,971
Italy 2,904 2,320 20,365 15,187 37 38 294 321
Spain 1,408 1,083 11,210 8,801 500 290 3,987 2,368
Denmark 827 911 6,777 7,700 55 0 452 0
France 612 903 4,978 7,503 0 0 0 0
United Kingdom 301 139 2,483 898 15 2 123 9
Austria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Finland 12 0 96 0 0 0 0 0
Greece 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ireland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Portugal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sweden 38 0 306 0 0 0 0 0
Total EU 22,511 22,857 172,277 183,208 3,332 3,936 25,801 32,730
Other Markets
Turkey 1,398 5,828 11,015 47,219 385 2,824 3,064 22,492
Japan 1,660 5,510 13,586 42,702 0 290 0 2,648
Thailand 4,144 4,323 30,004 35,499 0 0 0 0
Malaysia 905 1,729 6,025 14,065 192 231 1,636 1,852
Switzerland 895 1,432 7,002 10,750 0 346 0 2,909
Philippines 841 1,233 6,230 10,614 383 195 2,401 1,816
Hong Kong 451 496 3,659 4,221 95 0 771 0
Canada 391 355 1,638 1,259 86 0 276 0
Israel 55 260 331 932 0 0 0 0
Singapore 643 241 5,200 2,049 128 0 1,036 0
Indonesia 109 85 879 629 18 13 173 87
Egypt 0 74 0 332 0 0 0 0
Hungary 0 66 0 518 0 0 0 0
Australia 157 52 1,276 429 0 0 0 0
Costa Rica 35 18 122 63 18 0 63 0
Haiti 0 17 0 85 0 0 0 0
Peru 52 13 351 113 0 0 0 0
Other 568 21 2,664 194 1 (1) 1 1
Total Other Markets 12,304 21,753 89,982 171,673 1,306 3,898 9,421 31,805
World Total 34,815 44,610 262,259 354,881 4,638 7,834 35,222 64,535

1/ European Union (EU): Group of 15 countries formerly known as the European Community (EC).

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

August 1997