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Table 14
U.S. Imports of Unmanufactured Tobacco
General Imports by Tobacco Type
(Metric Tons and Thousand Dollars)

 

January - December December
Tobacco Type Quantity Value Quantity Value
1996 1997 1996 1997 1996 1997 1996 1997
Flue-cured
Unstemmed 1,234 2,109 2,189 4,333 0 0 0 0
Stemmed 74,622 74,986 303,839 306,353 4,310 4,006 16,748 13,523
Total Flue-cured 75,856 77,095 306,028 310,686 4,310 4,006 16,748 13,523
Burley
Unstemmed 985 974 2,186 2,348 0 0 0 0
Stemmed 60,015 68,402 227,257 270,336 3,683 2,462 11,463 7,569
Total Burley 61,000 69,376 229,443 272,684 3,683 2,462 11,463 7,569
Turkish, Unst 94,459 80,837 394,017 387,090 9,645 5,423 41,872 23,870
Other Tobacco
Unstemmed 17,323 20,450 33,879 43,986 2,320 2,247 5,536 4,013
Stemmed 15,923 21,114 37,659 58,934 947 1,473 2,746 4,981
Total Cigarette Leaf 264,561 268,872 1,001,026 1,073,380 20,905 15,611 78,365 53,956
Cigar Wrapper
Unstemmed 577 674 4,969 9,962 47 70 540 1,655
Stemmed 461 794 11,985 30,006 178 292 2,373 6,903
Total Wrapper 1,037 1,468 16,953 39,968 225 362 2,913 8,558
Stems 50,532 28,073 19,226 9,277 1,693 1,754 526 747
Scraps 10,324 8,427 15,330 5,986 695 281 406 297
Total Unmanufactured 326,454 306,838 1,052,535 1,128,612 23,519 18,009 82,209 63,558

Note: Due to data aggregation, rounding errors may occur.
Source: Compiled from Bureau of the Census Records.
Prepared by: USDA/FAS/COTS

February 1998

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