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

 

January - March
Tobacco Type 1997 1998
Imports Exports Trade Balance Imports Exports Trade Balance
Unmanufactured Tobacco
Flue-cured 46,653 263,416 216,763 30,467 199,673 169,206
Burley 38,468 141,025 102,557 25,612 107,088 81,476
Oriental 195,487 0 (195,487) 160,912 0 (160,912)
Other 40,126 56,417 16,291 33,219 75,894 42,675
Total Unman. 320,734 460,858 140,124 250,210 382,655 132,445
Manufactured Tobacco
Cigarettes 9,510 1,114,935 1,105,425 13,118 1,045,109 1,031,991
Other 76,666 133,740 57,074 97,523 167,780 70,257
Total Manuf. 86,176 1,248,675 1,162,499 110,641 1,212,889 1,102,248
Total 406,910 1,709,533 1,302,623 360,851 1,595,544 1,234,693

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

May 1998

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