Table 9

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

		January - May				May
COUNTRY	Quantity		Value		Quantity		Value
	1997	1998	1997	1998	1997	1998	1997	1998
European Union/1
Germany	12,706	11,003	87,658	79,761	1,534	2,772	9,170	19,768
Netherlands	1,214	3,693	8,132	25,889	0	0	0	0
Belgium-Luxembourg	3,177	3,196	23,835	22,599	230	1,801	1,957	12,233
United Kingdom	2,845	2,550	21,264	19,560	357	556	2,828	4,258
Denmark	1,890	1,411	13,818	10,557	307	154	2,235	1,149
Spain	1,267	1,032	5,997	8,081	1,080	81	4,580	613
Italy	1,279	976	9,497	5,034	20	117	52	852
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	0	0	0	0
Ireland	0	59	0	446	0	0	0	0
Finland	0	8	0	61	0	0	0	0
Austria	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
France	531	0	4,356	0	0	0	0	0
Total EU	25,020	24,455	175,408	175,907	3,527	5,480	20,822	38,873
Other Markets
Japan	14,368	13,559	102,670	91,280	8,221	255	56,941	1,955
Turkey	5,882	2,666	43,621	18,075	1,922	0	14,378	0
Korea; Republic of	2,504	2,619	21,520	23,899	0	1,216	0	11,094
Malaysia	2,370	1,664	16,300	12,112	439	199	2,446	1,344
Australia	579	1,016	4,513	7,612	156	172	1,112	1,288
Thailand	3,194	838	23,363	6,190	0	0	0	0
Switzerland	603	710	4,405	4,981	114	0	954	0
Indonesia	767	424	5,903	3,099	142	74	1,134	575
Singapore	465	389	3,542	2,996	156	113	1,203	875
Norway	408	371	2,460	2,216	370	206	2,241	1,249
Nigeria	0	354	0	1,506	0	85	0	319
Croatia	0	287	0	2,032	0	0	0	0
Pakistan	259	240	1,885	2,043	0	96	0	830
Philippines	701	206	5,393	1,518	31	50	249	258
Taiwan	590	155	3,583	1,121	33	20	214	146
Bangladesh	98	115	728	931	10	0	81	0
Hungary	48	77	410	682	0	0	0	0
Other	1,958	416	12,631	2,848	921	132	6,665	942
Total Other Markets	34,794	26,106	252,927	185,141	12,515	2,618	87,618	20,875
World Total	59,814	50,561	428,335	361,048	16,042	8,098	108,440	59,748

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

July 1998

Last modified: Wednesday, November 26, 2003