U.S. EXPORTS OF AGRICULTURAL, FISH & FORESTRY PRODUCTS TO MADAGASCAR CY 1996 - 2000 AND YEAR-TO-DATE COMPARISONS (IN THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS) EXPORT MARKET: MADAGASCAR ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ CALENDAR YEARS (JAN-DEC) | JANUARY - MARCH | COMPARISONS % PRODUCT 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 | 2000 2001 CHANGE ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ BULK AGRICULTURAL TOTAL................. 572 856 1,514 308 346 | 0 0 - WHEAT................................. 0 16 0 0 0 | 0 0 - RICE.................................. 572 840 1,439 308 280 | 0 0 - COTTON................................ 0 0 75 0 0 | 0 0 - PULSES................................ 0 0 0 0 66*| 0 0 - INTERMEDIATE AGRICULTURAL TOTAL......... 1,103 3,808 3,957 1,276 4,512 | 347 177 -49.01 WHEAT FLOUR........................... 0 41 39 33 392 | 91 0 -100.0 SOYBEAN OIL........................... 447 2,624 2,462 51 3,321 | 0 0 - VEGETABLE OILS (EXCL SOYBEAN OIL)..... 0 0 223 823 0 | 0 0 - FEEDS & FODDERS (EXCL PET FOODS)...... 0 78 31 123* 32 | 9 28 203.33 OTHER INTERMEDIATE PRODUCTS........... 656 1,065 1,203 246 766 | 247 149 -39.66 CONSUMER-ORIENTED AGRICULTURAL TOTAL.... 0 0 124 3 0 | 0 0 - PET FOODS (DOG & CAT FOOD)............ 0 0 0 3 0 | 0 0 - OTHER CONSUMER-ORIENTED PRODUCTS...... 0 0 124* 0 0 | 0 0 - FOREST PRODUCTS (EXCL PULP & PAPER)..... 0 3 0 0 0 | 0 0 - OTHER VALUE-ADDED WOOD PRODUCTS....... 0 3 0 0 0 | 0 0 - FISH & SEAFOOD PRODUCTS, EDIBLE......... 0 0 0 0 61*| 61 0 -100.0 OTHER EDIBLE FISH & SEAFOOD........... 0 0 0 0 61*| 61 0 -100.0 _____________________________________________________________________________________________ AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT TOTAL 1,675 4,664 5,595 1,587 4,858 | 347 177 -49.01 AGRICULTURAL, FISH & FORESTRY TOTAL 1,675 4,667 5,595 1,587 4,918 | 408 177 -56.61 ==================================================================================================================================== 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