U.S. EXPORTS OF AGRICULTURAL, FISH & FORESTRY PRODUCTS TO CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE) CY 1996 - 2000 AND YEAR-TO-DATE COMPARISONS (IN THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS) EXPORT MARKET: CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE) ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ CALENDAR YEARS (JAN-DEC) | JANUARY - MARCH | COMPARISONS % PRODUCT 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 | 2000 2001 CHANGE ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ BULK AGRICULTURAL TOTAL................. 3,805 5,155 7,125 7,158 7,455*| 1,042 46 -95.54 WHEAT................................. 0 5,155 7,027* 6,809 5,777 | 1,042 0 -100.0 COARSE GRAINS......................... 0 0 99 309* 202 | 0 0 - RICE.................................. 3,805 0 0 0 1,360 | 0 0 - PULSES................................ 0 0 0 40 116*| 0 46 - INTERMEDIATE AGRICULTURAL TOTAL......... 3,000 32 39 1,900 4,997*| 477 1,428 199.69 SOYBEAN OIL........................... 0 0 0 0 1,509 | 0 0 - VEGETABLE OILS (EXCL SOYBEAN OIL)..... 3,000* 0 13 52 788 | 0 0 - FEEDS & FODDERS (EXCL PET FOODS)...... 0 8 11 30* 0 | 0 0 - HIDES & SKINS......................... 0 0 0 0 85*| 0 0 - ANIMAL FATS........................... 0 0 0 0 11*| 11 0 -100.0 PLANTING SEEDS........................ 0 0 4 952* 450 | 450 0 -100.0 OTHER INTERMEDIATE PRODUCTS........... 0 24 11 866 2,153*| 15 1,428 9235.9 CONSUMER-ORIENTED AGRICULTURAL TOTAL.... 48 32 652 370 3,815*| 1,257 428 -65.97 SNACK FOODS (EXCL NUTS)............... 0 0 8 0 5 | 0 0 - BREAKFAST CEREALS & PANCAKE MIX....... 0 0 0 0 11*| 11 11* 0.00 RED MEATS, FRESH/CHILLED/FROZEN....... 0 0 0 0 569*| 287 22 -92.47 RED MEATS, PREPARED/PRESERVED......... 0 0 0 0 11*| 11 0 -100.0 POULTRY MEAT.......................... 0 20 109 20 1,622*| 386 334 -13.34 DAIRY PRODUCTS........................ 0 0 0 0 744*| 39 47 20.83 PROCESSED FRUIT & VEGETABLES.......... 0 0 93* 0 30 | 0 0 - FRUIT & VEGETABLE JUICES.............. 0 0 0 0 32*| 0 0 - TREE NUTS............................. 0 0 0 0 70*| 0 0 - WINE & BEER........................... 0 0 0 0 23*| 0 0 - OTHER CONSUMER-ORIENTED PRODUCTS...... 48 12 441 350 696*| 523 14 -97.32 FOREST PRODUCTS (EXCL PULP & PAPER)..... 0 0 0 0 19 | 19 0 -100.0 OTHER VALUE-ADDED WOOD PRODUCTS....... 0 0 0 0 19 | 19 0 -100.0 FISH & SEAFOOD PRODUCTS, EDIBLE......... 0 0 0 0 93*| 11 0 -100.0 SURIMI (FISH PASTE)................... 0 0 0 0 9*| 0 0 - OTHER EDIBLE FISH & SEAFOOD........... 0 0 0 0 83*| 11 0 -100.0 _____________________________________________________________________________________________ AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT TOTAL 6,853 5,219 7,816 9,429 16,267*| 2,775 1,903 -31.44 AGRICULTURAL, FISH & FORESTRY TOTAL 6,853 5,219 7,816 9,429 16,379*| 2,806 1,903 -32.20 ==================================================================================================================================== ANALYSIS BY: COMMODITY AND MARKETING PROGRAMS/FAS/USDA FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT THE FAS WEB SITE "FASOnline" SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS TRADE DATA AT www.fas.usda.gov, SELECT SEARCH, THEN BICO REPORTS NOTE: * DENOTES HIGHEST EXPORT LEVELS SINCE AT LEAST CY 1970 OR EMAIL FAS AT fasinfo@fas.usda.gov