| 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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