| April | January - April | January - December | ||||
| 1997 | 1998 | 1997 | 1998 | 1997 | 1998/1 | |
| Exports: | ||||||
| Unmanufactured Tobacco | ||||||
| MT | 19,622 | 29,760 | 91,173 | 90,058 | 221,510 | 220,000 |
| $1,000 | 132,620 | 199,138 | 593,479 | 581,791 | 1,553,314 | 1,518,000 |
| $/MT | 6,759 | 6,691 | 6,509 | 6,460 | 7,012 | 6,900 |
| Bulk Smoking Tobacco | ||||||
| MT | 4,179 | 4,783 | 18,121 | 21,917 | 53,597 | 54,000 |
| $1,000 | 28,674 | 42,373 | 136,018 | 180,259 | 440,443 | 432,000 |
| $/MT | 6,862 | 8,860 | 7,506 | 8,225 | 8,218 | 8,000 |
| Cigarettes | ||||||
| Pieces (mil.) | 14,548 | 16,268 | 69,942 | 66,438 | 217,004 | 218,000 |
| $1,000 | 287,141 | 332,894 | 1,402,076 | 1,378,003 | 4,409,432 | 4,521,552 |
| Unmanufactured Tobacco Imports: | ||||||
| For Consumption | ||||||
| MT | 22,314 | 19,381 | 102,561 | 86,746 | 294,229 | 290,000 |
| $1,000 | 78,458 | 67,508 | 399,192 | 317,718 | 1,089,265 | 1,044,000 |
| $/MT | 3,516 | 3,483 | 3,892 | 3,663 | 3,702 | 3,600 |
| General Imports | ||||||
| MT | 30,139 | 30,121 | 105,653 | 88,483 | 306,839 | 300,000 |
| $1,000 | 108,426 | 123,441 | 410,602 | 315,510 | 1,128,613 | 960,000 |
| $/MT | 3,598 | 4,098 | 3,886 | 3,566 | 3,678 | 3,200 |
| Unmanufactured Imports from CBI Countries/2 | ||||||
| Metric Tons | ||||||
| Consump. | 1,596 | 1,143 | 4,417 | 5,154 | 15,297 | 16,000 |
| General | 1,587 | 1,296 | 4,488 | 5,113 | 16,439 | 16,000 |
1/ Forecast
2/ Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI) countries include: Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Costa Rica, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Montserrat, Netherland Antilles, St. Christopher-Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Panama and Guyana.
Note: Due to Data Aggregation, Rounding Errors May Occur.
Source: Compiled from Bureau of the Census Records.
Prepared By: COTS/FAS/USDA
June1998
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