| 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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