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

 

January - October
Tobacco Type 1996 1997
Imports Exports Trade Balance Imports Exports Trade Balance
Unmanufactured Tobacco
Flue-cured 218,315 601,910 383,595 263,298 656,872 393,574
Burley 183,412 323,653 140,241 219,033 428,177 209,144
Oriental 324,302 0 (324,302) 317,124 0 (317,124)
Other 88,688 188,880 100,192 134,393 226,944 92,551
Total Unman. 814,717 1,114,443 299,726 933,848 1,311,993 378,145
Manufactured Tobacco
Cigarettes 31,342 3,993,168 3,961,826 37,129 3,620,656 3,583,527
Other 159,555 417,757 258,202 338,363 455,388 117,025
Total Manuf. 190,897 4,410,925 4,220,028 375,492 4,076,044 3,700,552
Total 1,005,614 5,525,368 4,519,754 1,309,340 5,388,037 4,078,697

1/ Imports for consumption.

December 1997

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