Table 2
U.S. Tobacco Trade Data

 

July January - July January - December
1996 1997 1996 1997 1996 1997/1
Exports:
Unmanufactured Tobacco
MT 7,438 7,462 126,844 149,443 222,316 230,000
$1,000 43,694 56,971 782,419 1,016,581 1,390,311 1,470,000
$/MT 5,874 7,635 6,168 6,802 6,254 6,391
Bulk Smoking Tobacco
MT 2,751 3,605 27,191 31,677 50,062 52,000
$1,000 23,809 32,094 212,547 247,871 381,320 400,000
$/MT 8,655 8,903 7,817 7,825 7,617 7,692
Cigarettes
Pieces (mil.) 16,633 15,340 134,470 122,099 243,897 240,000
$1,000 324,037 330,761 2,629,411 2,463,130 4,735,789 4,810,000
Unmanufactured Tobacco Imports:
For Consumption
MT 17,508 27,696 140,533 173,646 302,386 325,000
$1,000 66,096 90,387 440,123 644,389 922,697 1,220,000
$/MT 3,775 3,264 3,132 3,711 3,051 3,754
General Imports
MT 25625 38,013 185,123 210,210 326,453 340,000
$1,000 95255 131,077 605,034 806,492 1,052,536 1,225,000
$/MT 3,717 3,448 3,268 3,837 3,224 3,603
Unmanufactured Imports from CBI Countries/2
Metric Tons
Consump. 2,507 2,225 7,188 9,306 13,368 13,000
General 2,032 2,679 7,104 11,035 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