U.S. EXPORTS OF AGRICULTURAL, FISH & FORESTRY PRODUCTS TO GERMANY CY 1996 - 2000 AND YEAR-TO-DATE COMPARISONS (IN THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS) EXPORT MARKET: GERMANY ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ CALENDAR YEARS (JAN-DEC) | JANUARY - MARCH | COMPARISONS % PRODUCT 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 | 2000 2001 CHANGE ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ BULK AGRICULTURAL TOTAL................. 683,748 639,972 568,287 432,001 424,556 | 151,562 142,621 -5.90 WHEAT................................. 49 125 203 644 449 | 0 143 - COARSE GRAINS......................... 17,063 139 1,008 832 2,288 | 736 47 -93.64 RICE.................................. 21,223 26,605 27,972 26,572 18,733 | 4,282 3,685 -13.94 SOYBEANS.............................. 389,224 329,614 222,621 150,908 110,921 | 58,256 47,436 -18.57 COTTON................................ 21,457 13,041 12,955 10,775 13,734 | 4,349 5,551 27.65 TOBACCO............................... 195,198 224,868 258,832 207,075 246,671 | 76,589 77,590 1.31 PULSES................................ 1,061 827 1,614 1,291 494 | 145 430 196.86 PEANUTS............................... 10,272 8,411 5,366 2,408 3,659 | 158 491 210.74 OTHER BULK COMMODITIES................ 28,201 36,342 37,716 31,495 27,608 | 7,048 7,248 2.84 INTERMEDIATE AGRICULTURAL TOTAL......... 228,353 210,538 195,857 160,406 152,280 | 43,553 46,587 6.97 WHEAT FLOUR........................... 143 243 37 390 0 | 0 0 - SOYBEAN MEAL.......................... 18,473 23,240 6,620 619 52 | 0 0 - SOYBEAN OIL........................... 2,034 2,623 2,197 2,307 2,184 | 779 743 -4.57 VEGETABLE OILS (EXCL SOYBEAN OIL)..... 10,929 10,152 12,040 10,436 9,297 | 2,393 2,263 -5.43 FEEDS & FODDERS (EXCL PET FOODS)...... 71,832 55,681 52,859 43,416 40,519 | 10,242 11,179 9.15 LIVE ANIMALS.......................... 1,851 1,117 2,068 1,341 1,236 | 190 431 126.97 HIDES & SKINS......................... 10,811 12,078 21,800 8,917 9,169 | 4,121 4,953 20.20 ANIMAL FATS........................... 994 6,705 3,497 75 326 | 266 0 -100.0 PLANTING SEEDS........................ 15,693 9,443 10,239 11,488 7,247 | 2,126 4,122 93.86 SUGARS, SWEETENERS, & BEVERAGE BASES.. 8,926 8,465 13,451 15,548 13,676 | 5,345 2,497 -53.29 OTHER INTERMEDIATE PRODUCTS........... 86,668 80,792 71,049 65,868 68,574 | 18,091 20,399 12.76 CONSUMER-ORIENTED AGRICULTURAL TOTAL.... 557,707* 467,255 452,366 331,214 331,261 | 72,733 71,959 -1.06 SNACK FOODS (EXCL NUTS)............... 8,059 9,370 10,064 11,449 9,639 | 2,028 2,304 13.64 BREAKFAST CEREALS & PANCAKE MIX....... 248 464 384 975 416 | 174 14 -92.07 RED MEATS, FRESH/CHILLED/FROZEN....... 7,715 4,393 6,656 8,879 7,780 | 2,478 1,366 -44.90 RED MEATS, PREPARED/PRESERVED......... 730 716 193 246 153 | 0 154 - POULTRY MEAT.......................... 10,391 3,721 7,210 4,206 3,714 | 576 346 -39.96 DAIRY PRODUCTS........................ 1,683 1,895 2,843 1,750 3,447 | 694 934 34.72 EGGS & PRODUCTS....................... 5,119 7,222* 6,052 4,508 6,706 | 1,564 1,063 -32.03 FRESH FRUIT........................... 11,866 10,183 12,887* 12,318 9,099 | 3,561 4,044 13.54 FRESH VEGETABLES...................... 4,700 4,374 3,491 3,172 1,888 | 473 380 -19.69 PROCESSED FRUIT & VEGETABLES.......... 78,912 66,702 64,641 46,320 50,916 | 12,677 18,017 42.13 FRUIT & VEGETABLE JUICES.............. 4,805 5,902 5,284 3,502 5,047 | 1,142 1,104 -3.36 TREE NUTS............................. 290,772* 216,161 203,427 144,893 152,569 | 25,911 22,044 -14.92 WINE & BEER........................... 22,800 28,023* 22,540 18,763 18,128 | 3,694 4,615 24.94 NURSERY PRODUCTS & CUT FLOWERS........ 18,282 19,621 16,018 14,481 13,055 | 4,402 3,810 -13.45 PET FOODS (DOG & CAT FOOD)............ 36,185 39,913* 32,890 20,967 7,017 | 2,250 1,159 -48.48 OTHER CONSUMER-ORIENTED PRODUCTS...... 55,440 48,593 57,784* 34,786 41,687 | 11,109 10,604 -4.55 FOREST PRODUCTS (EXCL PULP & PAPER)..... 300,293 367,823* 281,563 213,430 216,180 | 58,906 54,383 -7.68 LOGS AND CHIPS........................ 11,847 22,814 26,934 22,639 40,763 | 11,621 19,155 64.83 HARDWOOD LUMBER....................... 86,439 109,780* 72,815 63,702 56,250 | 16,552 11,121 -32.81 SOFTWOOD AND TREATED LUMBER........... 23,942 26,815 22,986 15,139 12,604 | 4,432 1,309 -70.47 PANEL PRODUCTS (INCL PLYWOOD)......... 131,261 156,518* 104,596 80,194 78,094 | 19,110 16,336 -14.52 OTHER VALUE-ADDED WOOD PRODUCTS....... 46,805 51,896 54,232* 31,756 28,470 | 7,191 6,463 -10.13 FISH & SEAFOOD PRODUCTS, EDIBLE......... 25,857 21,786 42,679 24,112 46,122 | 6,248 12,648 102.41 SALMON, WHOLE OR EVISCERATED.......... 2,337 2,732 9,146 6,464 11,416*| 1,136 1,734 52.63 SALMON, CANNED........................ 59 280 153 78 1,090 | 42 1,200* 2748.7 CRAB & CRABMEAT....................... 116 255 273 96 79 | 0 73 - SURIMI (FISH PASTE)................... 0 0 62 0 1,489*| 0 531 - ROE & URCHIN (FISH EGGS).............. 1,473 2,096 2,266 3,286 4,122*| 804 685 -14.76 OTHER EDIBLE FISH & SEAFOOD........... 21,872 16,423 30,779 14,189 27,926 | 4,266 8,425 97.48 _____________________________________________________________________________________________ AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT TOTAL 1,469,808 1,317,765 1,216,510 923,621 908,097 | 267,848 261,167 -2.49 AGRICULTURAL, FISH & FORESTRY TOTAL 1,795,958 1,707,374 1,540,751 1,161,163 1,170,399 | 333,003 328,198 -1.44 ==================================================================================================================================== 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