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Table 16
U.S. Tobacco Trade Balance:
Unmanufactured and Manufactured
(Thousand Dollars)

 

January - September
Tobacco Type 1997 1997
Imports Exports Trade Balance Imports Exports Trade Balance
Unmanufactured Tobacco
Flue-cured 207,707 504,502 296,795 244,462 586,939 342,477
Burley 147,900 305,772 157,872 195,720 408,529 212,809
Oriental 174,671 0 (174,671) 297,695 0 (297,695)
Other 74,822 148,318 73,496 123,455 184,430 60,975
Total Unman. 605,100 958,592 353,492 861,332 1,179,898 318,566
Manufactured Tobacco
Cigarettes 28,115 3,533,408 3,505,293 33,397 3,228,070 3,194,673
Other 134,898 363,896 228,998 294,372 407,986 113,614
Total Manuf. 163,013 3,897,304 3,734,291 327,769 3,636,056 3,308,287
Total 768,113 4,855,896 4,087,783 1,189,101 4,815,954 3,626,853

1/ Imports for consumption.

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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