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

 

January - February
Tobacco Type 1997 1998
Imports Exports Trade Balance Imports Exports Trade Balance
Unmanufactured Tobacco
Flue-cured 38,355 175,130 136,775 26,168 126,456 100,288
Burley 37,899 65,780 27,881 24,544 42,993 18,449
Oriental 141,925 0 (141,925) 128,541 0 (128,541)
Other 32,818 31,698 (1,120) 19,147 55,117 35,970
Total Unman. 250,997 272,608 21,611 198,400 224,566 26,166
Manufactured Tobacco
Cigarettes 8,029 701,535 693,506 7,401 671,541 664,140
Other 45,496 83,950 38,454 58,153 112,219 54,066
Total Manuf. 53,525 785,485 731,960 65,554 783,760 718,206
Total 304,522 1,058,093 753,571 263,954 1,008,326 744,372

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

April 1998

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