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

 

January - January
Tobacco Type 1997 1998
Imports Exports Trade Balance Imports Exports Trade Balance
Unmanufactured Tobacco
Flue-cured 21,485 92,705 71,220 14,992 71,103 56,111
Burley 26,838 19,909 (6,929) 18,824 10,053 (8,771)
Oriental 96,527 0 (96,527) 76,008 0 (76,008)
Other 20,408 13,886 (6,522) 7,888 32,767 24,879
Total Unman. 165,258 126,500 (38,758) 117,712 113,923 (3,789)
Manufactured Tobacco
Cigarettes 3,559 330,014 326,455 3,274 346,296 343,022
Other 19,092 33,928 14,836 20,129 50,850 30,721
Total Manuf. 22,651 363,942 341,291 23,403 397,146 373,743
Total 187,909 490,442 302,533 141,115 511,069 369,954

1/ Imports for consumption.

Note: Due to Data Aggregation, Rounding Errors May Occur.
Source: Compiled from Bureau of the Census Records.
Prepared By: COTS/FAS/USDA

March 1998

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