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

 

  January - December        
Tobacco Type   1996     1997  
  Imports Exports Trade Balance Imports Exports Trade Balance
Unmanufactured Tobacco          
Flue-cured 235,014 786,470 551,456 276,449 832,381 555,932
Burley 208,947 380,012 171,065 244,937 454,851 209,914
Oriental 366,725 0 (366,725) 401,491 0 (401,491)
Other 112,011 223,829 111,818 166,387 266,082 99,695
Total Unman. 922,697 1,390,311 467,614 1,089,264 1,553,314 464,050
Manufactured Tobacco          
Cigarettes 37,783 4,735,788 4,698,005 44,050 4,409,433 4,365,383
Other 207,426 502,552 295,126 419,171 546,959 127,788
Total Manuf. 245,209 5,238,340 4,993,131 463,221 4,956,392 4,493,171
Total 1,167,906 6,628,651 5,460,745 1,552,485 6,509,706 4,957,221

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

February 1998

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