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U.S. TRADE SUMMARY FOR January-October 1999
U.S. unmanufactured tobacco exports for January-October 1999 totaled 162,606 metric tons, valued at $1.10 billion. This represents a 1-percent decrease in quantity and a 4-percent decrease in value when compared to January-October 1998. The leading U.S. leaf export markets so far in 1999 are: the European Union, 87,769 tons; Japan, 24,613 tons; Turkey, 7,975 tons; the Russian Federation, 7,828 tons; Malaysia, 4,930 tons; and the Republic of Korea, 4,533 tons.
Flue-cured exports for January-October 1999 reached 69,436 metric tons, valued at $488 million, down nearly 7 percent in quantity and down 9 percent in value from January-October 1998. The leading U.S. flue-cured export markets so far in 1999 are: the European Union, 34,088 tons; Japan, 14,187 tons; Korea, 4,529 tons; Malaysia, 3,659 tons; and Turkey 2,714 tons.
Burley exports for January-October 1999 totaled 46,190 tons, valued at $377 million, down nearly 2 percent in quantity and down slightly in value from January-October 1998. The leading U.S. burley export markets so far in 1999 are: the European Union, 30,586 tons; Japan, 5,849 tons; Turkey, 2,635 tons; Philippines, 2,161 tons; and Thailand, 1,596 tons.
U.S. cigarette exports in January-October 1999 totaled 126.6 billion pieces, valued at $2.67 billion, down 27 percent in quantity and 25 percent in value from January-October 1998. The leading U.S. cigarette export markets so far in 1999 are: Japan, 59.6 billion pieces; the European Union,18.6 billion pieces (to mainly Belgium/Luxembourg which is a major transshipment point for exports to other European markets); Saudi Arabia, 8.10 billion pieces; Cyprus, 5.40 billion pieces; Lebanon, 5.01 billion pieces; and Israel, 3.77 billion pieces.
U.S. exports of bulk smoking tobacco for January-October 1999 totaled 58,949 metric tons, valued at $458 million, up 8 percent in quantity and up slightly in value from January-October 1998. The leading export markets so far in 1999 are: the European Union, 17,061 tons; Turkey, 10,511 tons; Japan, 9,247 tons; Egypt, 7,008 tons; and Poland, 4,304 tons.
U.S. unmanufactured tobacco imports for consumption (duty paid) for January-October 1999 totaled 184,843 tons, valued at $590 million, down 7 percent in quantity and 12 percent in value when compared to January-October 1998. U.S. general imports (actual arrivals) of unmanufactured tobacco so far in 1999 totaled 196,593 tons, valued at $596,653 million. This represents an11-percent decrease in quantity and an 16- percent decrease in value from the same period in 1998. These decreases are partly due to the large tobacco stocks in the United States, a fall in cigarette consumption in some markets, and the uncertainty concerning the outcome of the U.S. tobacco settlement. Imports of oriental tobacco, the leading tobacco type imported by the United States, reached 43,169 tons, valued at $195 million in January-October 1999. This is down nearly 39 percent in quantity and 44 percent in value, when compared to the same period in 1998. Flue-cured imports so far in 1999 totaled 52,463 tons, valued at $174 million, up nearly 83 percent in quantity and up 80 percent in value from January-October 1998 because of increased shipments from Brazil and Zimbabwe. Burley imports for the first ten months of 1999 totaled 35,076 tons, valued at $122 million, up nearly 28 percent in quantity and 19 percent in value from January-October 1998. U.S. imports of stems and scrap tobacco so far in 1999 total 30,119 tons, valued at $13 million, down nearly 33 percent in quantity and down 29 percent in value from the same ten-month period in 1998. So far in 1999, the leading suppliers to the United States of unmanufactured tobacco imports for consumption are: Brazil, 48,620 tons; Turkey, 34,104 tons; the European Union, 14,125 tons; Malawi, 14,034 tons; Argentina, 9,916 tons; Zimbabwe, 8,461 tons; and Canada, 7,819 tons.
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