U.S. EXPORTS OF AGRICULTURAL, FISH & FORESTRY PRODUCTS TO MALAWI
                                              CY 1996 - 2000 AND YEAR-TO-DATE COMPARISONS
                                                      (IN THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS)
 EXPORT MARKET: MALAWI
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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.................        318           0           0           0       1,577 |        70           0   -100.0
   WHEAT.................................          0           0           0           0       1,501 |         0           0      -
   COARSE GRAINS.........................        313           0           0           0           0 |         0           0      -
   TOBACCO...............................          5           0           0           0          76 |        70           0   -100.0
                                                                                                                                     
 INTERMEDIATE AGRICULTURAL TOTAL.........          0          22           0          93         444 |        10           0   -100.0
   OTHER INTERMEDIATE PRODUCTS...........          0          22           0          93         444 |        10           0   -100.0
                                                                                                                                     
 CONSUMER-ORIENTED AGRICULTURAL TOTAL....          7           0          30          30           0 |         0           0      -
   DAIRY PRODUCTS........................          0           0          30           0           0 |         0           0      -
   FRESH FRUIT...........................          0           0           0          30*          0 |         0           0      -
   OTHER CONSUMER-ORIENTED PRODUCTS......          7           0           0           0           0 |         0           0      -
                                                                                                                                     
 FOREST PRODUCTS (EXCL PULP & PAPER).....          0           0          50*          0           0 |         0           0      -
   HARDWOOD LUMBER.......................          0           0          50*          0           0 |         0           0      -
                                                                                                                                     
 FISH & SEAFOOD PRODUCTS, EDIBLE.........          0           0           0           0           0 |         0           0      -
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 AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT TOTAL                      325          22          30         124       2,020 |        80           0   -100.0
 AGRICULTURAL, FISH & FORESTRY TOTAL             325          22          80         124       2,020 |        80           0   -100.0
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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