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

 

January - April
Tobacco Type 1997 1998
Imports Exports Trade Balance Imports Exports Trade Balance
Unmanufactured Tobacco
Flue-cured 60,197 319,895 259,698 41,357 301,301 259,944
Burley 56,568 198,071 141,503 30,360 179,607 149,247
Oriental 228,399 0 (228,399) 200,389 0 (200,389)
Other 54,028 75,512 21,484 45,612 100,885 55,273
Total Unman. 399,192 593,478 194,286 317,718 581,793 264,075
Manufactured Tobacco
Cigarettes 12,419 1,402,076 1,389,657 17,633 1,378,003 1,360,370
Other 109,335 172,253 62,918 133,944 222,181 88,237
Total Manuf. 121,754 1,574,329 1,452,575 151,577 1,600,184 1,448,607
Total 520,946 2,167,807 1,646,861 469,295 2,181,977 1,712,682

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

June1998

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