U.S. EXPORTS OF AGRICULTURAL, FISH & FORESTRY PRODUCTS TO LAOS
                                              CY 1996 - 2000 AND YEAR-TO-DATE COMPARISONS
                                                      (IN THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS)
 EXPORT MARKET: LAOS
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                                                            CALENDAR YEARS (JAN-DEC)                 |      JANUARY - MARCH 
                                                                                                     |        COMPARISONS         % 
 PRODUCT                                        1996        1997        1998        1999        2000 |      2000        2001   CHANGE
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 BULK AGRICULTURAL TOTAL.................          0           0           0           0           0 |         0           0      -
                                                                                                                                     
 INTERMEDIATE AGRICULTURAL TOTAL.........         59           0           0           0           3 |         0           0      -
   PLANTING SEEDS........................         59*          0           0           0           3 |         0           0      -
                                                                                                                                     
 CONSUMER-ORIENTED AGRICULTURAL TOTAL....          6          14           0           0         125 |         0          54      -
   DAIRY PRODUCTS........................          6           0           0           0           4 |         0           0      -
   FRESH FRUIT...........................          0           0           0           0           0 |         0          12*     -
   WINE & BEER...........................          0          14           0           0         121*|         0          41      -
                                                                                                                                     
 FOREST PRODUCTS (EXCL PULP & PAPER).....          0           0           0         301*         21 |        21           0   -100.0
   HARDWOOD LUMBER.......................          0           0           0           0          21*|        21           0   -100.0
   PANEL PRODUCTS (INCL PLYWOOD).........          0           0           0         220*          0 |         0           0      -
   OTHER VALUE-ADDED WOOD PRODUCTS.......          0           0           0          81*          0 |         0           0      -
                                                                                                                                     
 FISH & SEAFOOD PRODUCTS, EDIBLE.........          0           0           0           0           0 |         0           0      -
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 AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT TOTAL                       65          14           0           0         128 |         0          54      -
 AGRICULTURAL, FISH & FORESTRY TOTAL              65          14           0         301         149 |        21          54   154.26
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 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