Table 14

Table 14
U.S. Imports of Unmanufactured Tobacco
General Imports 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	35,285	19,823	146,394	51,821	9,702	4,926	39,250	12,895
Total Flue-cured	37,295	23,267	150,406	60,322	9,730	4,926	39,363	12,895
Burley
Unstemmed	221	537	543	1,287	205	351	505	839
Stemmed	20,344	8,456	78,345	21,226	7,700	1,758	32,092	4,614
Total Burley	20,565	8,993	78,888	22,513	7,905	2,109	32,597	5,453
Turkish, Unst	57,017	44,495	277,001	238,397	13,833	6,493	69,625	34,555
Other Tobacco
Unstemmed	9,659	10,274	20,429	23,349	2,075	1,692	5,127	3,502
Stemmed	8,228	6,411	19,692	18,987	1,250	1,154	3,220	3,426
Total Cigarette Leaf	132,764	93,440	546,416	363,568	34,793	16,374	149,932	59,831
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	5,056	14,239	1,882	5,917	1,333	5,972	382	2,332
Scraps	4,475	3,673	2,709	2,553	893	790	523	356
Total Unmanufactured	142,804	111,762	563,490	382,788	37,152	23,277	152,888	67,277

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