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

 

January - November
Tobacco Type 1996 1997
Imports Exports Trade Balance Imports Exports Trade Balance
Unmanufactured Tobacco
Flue-cured 226,673 714,775 488,102 270,807 730,702 459,895
Burley 197,593 346,074 148,481 230,283 440,424 210,141
Oriental 335,134 0 (335,134) 336,759 0 (336,759)
Other 96,381 213,985 117,604 147,196 248,700 101,504
Total Unman. 855,781 1,274,834 419,053 985,045 1,419,826 434,781
Manufactured Tobacco
Cigarettes 33,338 4,375,169 4,341,831 40,184 4,096,194 4,056,010
Other 182,503 461,325 278,822 374,759 503,966 129,207
Total Manuf. 215,841 4,836,494 4,620,653 414,943 4,600,160 4,185,217
Total 1,071,622 6,111,328 5,039,706 1,399,988 6,019,986 4,619,998

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

January 1998

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