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

 

January - May
Tobacco Type 1997 1998
Imports Exports Trade Balance Imports Exports Trade Balance
Unmanufactured Tobacco
Flue-cured 83,807 428,335 344,528 43,741 361,048 317,307
Burley 66,354 290,346 223,992 33,021 245,187 212,166
Oriental 276,434 0 (276,434) 208,844 0 (208,844)
Other 64,127 101,259 37,132 59,720 124,373 64,653
Total Unman. 490,722 819,940 329,218 345,326 730,608 385,282
Manufactured Tobacco
Cigarettes 16,322 1,786,378 1,770,056 22,379 1,793,669 1,771,290
Other 146,845 232,804 85,959 164,744 283,421 118,677
Total Manuf. 163,167 2,019,182 1,856,015 187,123 2,077,090 1,889,967
Total 653,889 2,839,122 2,185,233 532,449 2,807,698 2,275,249

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

July 1998

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