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 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ CALENDAR YEARS (JAN-DEC) | JANUARY - MARCH | COMPARISONS % PRODUCT 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 | 2000 2001 CHANGE ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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 - _____________________________________________________________________________________________ AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT TOTAL 65 14 0 0 128 | 0 54 - AGRICULTURAL, FISH & FORESTRY TOTAL 65 14 0 301 149 | 21 54 154.26 ==================================================================================================================================== 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