| August | January - August | January - December | ||||
| 1996 | 1997 | 1996 | 1997 | 1996 | 1997/1 | |
| Exports: | ||||||
| Unmanufactured Tobacco | ||||||
| MT | 13,801 | 9,171 | 140,645 | 158,614 | 222,316 | 230,000 |
| $1,000 | 85,036 | 69,154 | 867,455 | 1,085,735 | 1,390,311 | 1,470,000 |
| $/MT | 6,162 | 7,541 | 6,168 | 6,845 | 6,254 | 6,391 |
| Bulk Smoking Tobacco | ||||||
| MT | 3,464 | 4,928 | 30,655 | 36,605 | 50,062 | 52,000 |
| $1,000 | 28,328 | 43,880 | 240,875 | 291,751 | 381,320 | 400,000 |
| $/MT | 8,178 | 8,904 | 7,858 | 7,970 | 7,617 | 7,692 |
| Cigarettes | ||||||
| Pieces (mil.) | 23,799 | 19,544 | 158,268 | 141,643 | 243,897 | 240,000 |
| $1,000 | 459,909 | 401,365 | 3,089,320 | 2,864,495 | 4,735,789 | 4,810,000 |
| Unmanufactured Tobacco Imports: | ||||||
| For Consumption | ||||||
| MT | 28,481 | 28,955 | 169,014 | 202,601 | 302,386 | 325,000 |
| $1,000 | 92,614 | 104,508 | 532,737 | 748,897 | 922,697 | 1,220,000 |
| $/MT | 3,252 | 3,609 | 3,152 | 3,696 | 3,051 | 3,754 |
| General Imports | ||||||
| MT | 35428 | 28,636 | 220,551 | 238,846 | 326,453 | 340,000 |
| $1,000 | 127700 | 101,265 | 732,734 | 907,757 | 1,052,536 | 1,225,000 |
| $/MT | 3,604 | 3,536 | 3,322 | 3,801 | 3,224 | 3,603 |
| Unmanufactured Imports from CBI Countries/2 | ||||||
| Metric Tons | ||||||
| Consump. | 1,236 | 820 | 8,424 | 10,126 | 13,368 | 13,000 |
| General | 1,419 | 859 | 8,523 | 11,894 | 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
October 1997
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