Table 9

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

		January - April				April
COUNTRY	Quantity		Value		Quantity		Value
	1997	1998	1997	1998	1997	1998	1997	1998
European Union/1
Germany	11,172	8,230	78,488	59,993	1,339	3,790	10,102	27,058
Netherlands	1,214	3,693	8,132	25,889	190	0	1,234	0
United Kingdom	2,488	1,994	18,436	15,301	817	507	6,376	3,844
Belgium-Luxembourg	2,947	1,395	21,879	10,366	393	0	3,032	0
Denmark	1,583	1,258	11,582	9,408	230	429	1,696	3,255
Spain	187	951	1,417	7,468	41	768	341	5,962
Italy	1,259	859	9,446	4,183	614	115	4,729	666
Portugal	0	333	0	2,363	0	0	0	0
Greece	0	117	0	1,032	0	0	0	0
Sweden	111	77	851	523	111	77	851	523
Ireland	0	59	0	446	0	0	0	0
Finland	0	8	0	61	0	8	0	61
Austria	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
France	531	0	4,356	0	48	0	374	0
Total EU	21,493	18,975	154,586	137,034	3,783	5,693	28,733	41,369
Other Markets
Japan	6,147	13,304	45,729	89,325	2,138	6,248	16,837	35,760
Turkey	3,960	2,666	29,243	18,075	0	683	0	4,829
Malaysia	1,930	1,465	13,854	10,768	562	272	4,183	1,941
Korea; Republic of	2,504	1,403	21,520	12,804	0	1,171	0	10,801
Australia	423	843	3,401	6,325	58	351	518	2,621
Thailand	3,194	838	23,363	6,190	0	0	0	0
Switzerland	489	710	3,451	4,981	29	6	218	36
Indonesia	624	350	4,768	2,524	231	67	1,725	544
Croatia	0	287	0	2,032	0	0	0	0
Singapore	309	276	2,338	2,121	37	33	286	255
Nigeria	0	269	0	1,188	0	269	0	1,188
Norway	38	165	218	967	38	154	218	887
Philippines	670	156	5,145	1,260	47	0	373	0
Pakistan	259	144	1,885	1,213	0	0	0	0
Taiwan	557	135	3,370	975	0	20	0	144
Bangladesh	88	115	648	931	34	38	183	313
Hungary	48	77	410	682	0	77	0	682
Other	1,039	284	5,966	1,906	499	39	3,205	259
Total Other Markets	22,279	23,487	165,309	164,267	3,673	9,428	27,746	60,260
World Total	43,772	42,462	319,895	301,301	7,456	15,121	56,479	101,629

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

June1998

Last modified: Wednesday, November 26, 2003