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
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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.................        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
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 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
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 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