Table 13

Table 13
U.S. Imports of Unmanufactured Tobacco
for Consumption by Tobacco Type
(Metric Tons and Thousand Dollars)

		January - May				May
Tobacco Type	Quantity		Value		Quantity		Value
	1997	1998	1997	1998	1997	1998	1997	1998
Flue-cured
Unstemmed	2,010	3,444	4,012	8,501	28	0	113	0
Stemmed	19,436	9,801	79,795	35,240	5,716	624	23,496	2,384
Total Flue-cured	21,446	13,245	83,807	43,741	5,744	624	23,609	2,384
Burley
Unstemmed	5	19	29	41	5	12	29	24
Stemmed	16,595	10,384	66,325	32,980	2,693	872	9,757	2,637
Total Burley	16,600	10,403	66,354	33,021	2,698	884	9,786	2,661
Turkish, Unst	59,124	41,482	276,434	208,844	10,110	1,696	48,036	8,455
Other Tobacco
Unstemmed	8,109	9,722	16,606	22,342	1,502	1,389	3,477	3,236
Stemmed	8,603	6,030	19,627	18,868	2,253	1,122	3,588	3,428
Total Cigarette Leaf	113,882	80,882	462,828	326,816	22,307	5,715	88,496	20,164
Cigar Wrapper
Unstemmed	313	259	4,468	6,309	105	121	1,357	4,100
Stemmed	195	151	8,014	4,440	28	21	695	659
Total Wrapper	508	410	12,482	10,749	133	142	2,052	4,758
Stems	4,849	14,131	1,631	4,954	1,333	5,972	382	2,332
Scraps	8,018	3,906	13,782	2,806	922	754	601	353
Total Unmanufactured	127,258	99,329	490,722	345,326	24,696	12,583	91,531	27,608

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