Table 9

Table 9
U.S. Exports of Flue-cured Tobacco
by Country of Destination
(Metric Tons and Thousand Dollars)

		January - March				March
COUNTRY	Quantity		Value		Quantity		Value
	1997	1998	1997	1998	1997	1998	1997	1998
European Union/1
Germany	9,833	4,441	68,387	32,935	2,393	2,505	14,436	18,739
Netherlands	1,024	3,693	6,898	25,889	316	141	2,015	1,009
United Kingdom	1,671	1,488	12,060	11,457	644	400	5,032	3,076
Belgium-Luxembourg	2,554	1,395	18,847	10,366	1,456	77	10,372	552
Denmark	1,352	829	9,887	6,153	454	154	3,340	1,129
Italy	646	744	4,716	3,517	23	19	74	147
Portugal	0	333	0	2,363	0	0	0	0
Spain	146	183	1,076	1,506	57	24	448	196
Greece	0	117	0	1,032	0	0	0	0
Ireland	0	59	0	446	0	59	0	446
Austria	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Finland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
France	484	0	3,982	0	0	0	0	0
Sweden	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total EU	17,710	13,283	125,853	95,666	5,344	3,379	35,716	25,295
Other Markets
Japan	4,009	7,056	28,893	53,565	1,106	3,420	7,372	25,499
Turkey	3,960	1,983	29,243	13,246	1,271	1,983	9,439	13,246
Malaysia	1,368	1,193	9,671	8,826	447	349	3,165	2,674
Thailand	3,194	838	23,363	6,190	55	0	139	0
Switzerland	459	704	3,233	4,945	133	47	806	375
Australia	365	492	2,883	3,704	135	147	1,005	1,138
Croatia	0	287	0	2,032	0	0	0	0
Indonesia	394	283	3,043	1,980	181	78	1,500	542
Singapore	272	243	2,052	1,867	66	34	508	260
Korea; Republic of	2,504	232	21,520	2,004	2,497	40	21,477	284
Philippines	623	156	4,772	1,260	561	124	4,340	985
Pakistan	259	144	1,885	1,213	259	106	1,885	890
Taiwan	557	115	3,370	831	3	115	16	831
Bangladesh	54	77	465	618	17	58	143	465
Hong Kong	85	53	654	414	33	16	265	124
Israel	0	38	0	304	0	38	0	304
Cambodia	54	33	170	144	54	33	170	144
Other	449	132	2,346	864	59	21	339	160
Total Other Markets	18,606	14,059	137,563	104,007	6,877	6,609	52,569	47,921
World Total	36,316	27,342	263,416	199,673	12,221	9,988	88,285	73,216

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

May 1998

Last modified: Wednesday, November 26, 2003