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Table 2
U.S. Tobacco Trade Data

 

September January - September January - December
1997 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997/1
Exports:
Unmanufactured Tobacco
MT 12,589 10,759 153,234 169,373 222,316 230,000
$1,000 91,138 94,164 958,593 1,179,899 1,390,311 1,470,000
$/MT 7,239 8,752 6,256 6,966 6,254 6,391
Bulk Smoking Tobacco
MT 3,943 4,291 34,598 40,896 50,062 52,000
$1,000 34,876 37,731 275,751 329,482 381,320 400,000
$/MT 8,845 8,793 7,970 8,057 7,617 7,692
Cigarettes
Pieces (mil.) 23,680 19,161 181,948 160,804 243,897 240,000
$1,000 444,088 363,574 3,533,408 3,228,069 4,735,789 4,810,000
Unmanufactured Tobacco Imports:
For Consumption
MT 29,760 31,288 192,702 228,586 293,788 325,000
$1,000 70,718 110,169 593,911 848,357 907,813 1,220,000
$/MT 2,376 3,521 3,082 3,711 3,090 3,754
General Imports
MT 28486 24,891 239,518 256,336 314,477 340,000
$1,000 72870 81,008 787,206 972,875 1,028,573 1,225,000
$/MT 2,558 3,255 3,287 3,795 3,271 3,603
Unmanufactured Imports from CBI Countries/2
Metric Tons
Consump. 386 2,419 8,810 12,546 13,368 13,000
General 376 2,256 8,922 14,186 12,779 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

November 1997

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