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Table 2
U.S. Tobacco Trade Data

 

November January - November January - December
1996 1997 1996 1997 1996 1997/1
Exports:
Unmanufactured Tobacco
MT 24,293 16,115 200,515 201,560 222,316 230,000
$1,000 160,391 107,834 1,274,834 1,419,827 1,390,311 1,587,000
$/MT 6,602 6,692 6,358 7,044 6,254 6,900
Bulk Smoking Tobacco
MT 5,931 4,406 45,509 49,524 50,062 52,000
$1,000 35,817 39,126 348,970 405,295 381,320 399,984
$/MT 6,039 8,880 7,668 8,184 7,617 7,692
Cigarettes
Pieces (mil.) 19,312 21,919 224,458 202,022 243,897 220,000
$1,000 360,619 475,538 4,375,170 4,096,193 4,735,789 4,460,719
Unmanufactured Tobacco Imports:
For Consumption
MT 13,639 13,561 278,734 268,713 302,386 295,000
$1,000 41,064 51,196 855,781 985,045 922,697 1,091,500
$/MT 3,011 3,775 3,070 3,666 3,051 3,700
General Imports
MT 18,900 9,911 302,934 288,830 326,453 320,000
$1,000 67,009 35,992 970,327 1,065,055 1,052,536 1,168,000
$/MT 3,545 3,632 3,203 3,687 3,224 3,650
Unmanufactured Imports from CBI Countries/2
Metric Tons
Consump. 1,483 641 12,141 13,986 13,368 15,000
General 1,649 623 11,862 15,537 12,779 15,000

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

January 1998

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