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Table 2
U.S. Tobacco Trade Data

 

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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