U.S. EXPORTS OF AGRICULTURAL, FISH & FORESTRY PRODUCTS TO MEXICO CY 1996 - 2000 AND YEAR-TO-DATE COMPARISONS (IN THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS) EXPORT MARKET: MEXICO ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ CALENDAR YEARS (JAN-DEC) | JANUARY - MARCH | COMPARISONS % PRODUCT 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 | 2000 2001 CHANGE ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ BULK AGRICULTURAL TOTAL................. 2,975,884* 2,266,051 2,834,183 2,310,173 2,580,167 | 605,040 780,956 29.08 WHEAT................................. 324,998* 175,815 214,208 214,838 197,276 | 54,252 74,135 36.65 COARSE GRAINS......................... 1,377,188* 594,695 964,221 929,152 972,753 | 208,042 326,594 56.98 RICE.................................. 94,952 93,336 91,416 88,069 102,314*| 19,975 20,048 0.36 SOYBEANS.............................. 762,776 906,659* 754,216 659,261 678,215 | 165,074 194,285 17.70 COTTON................................ 262,399 360,989 614,343* 285,559 476,300 | 128,561 139,950 8.86 TOBACCO............................... 163 395 114 91 188 | 0 0 - PULSES................................ 72,067 42,154 113,672 48,855 35,107 | 6,636 4,405 -33.62 PEANUTS............................... 23,979 26,878 22,968 26,671 33,118*| 6,070 4,051 -33.26 OTHER BULK COMMODITIES................ 57,362 65,130 59,026 57,678 84,895 | 16,428 17,488 6.45 INTERMEDIATE AGRICULTURAL TOTAL......... 1,279,594 1,333,077 1,426,971* 1,289,619 1,278,896 | 309,474 316,631 2.31 WHEAT FLOUR........................... 17,594* 14,700 7,807 9,398 3,230 | 1,159 820 -29.29 SOYBEAN MEAL.......................... 75,066 33,656 27,926 57,016 29,096 | 4,950 12,526 153.06 SOYBEAN OIL........................... 31,614 50,950 65,187 47,896 39,460 | 15,468 8,236 -46.76 VEGETABLE OILS (EXCL SOYBEAN OIL)..... 132,434 144,125 192,400* 150,204 131,878 | 37,445 20,881 -44.24 FEEDS & FODDERS (EXCL PET FOODS)...... 89,971 96,965 119,031 104,615 127,354*| 27,103 52,808 94.84 LIVE ANIMALS.......................... 80,438 205,454* 136,015 100,786 117,146 | 25,946 23,408 -9.78 HIDES & SKINS......................... 122,564 149,861 165,006* 153,259 147,558 | 35,424 31,242 -11.81 ANIMAL FATS........................... 138,404 157,211 179,946* 126,819 110,336 | 30,648 23,428 -23.56 PLANTING SEEDS........................ 205,580* 109,170 128,978 129,914 132,706 | 28,316 34,667 22.43 SUGARS, SWEETENERS, & BEVERAGE BASES.. 115,439 103,640 89,247 77,473 76,031 | 14,953 16,043 7.29 OTHER INTERMEDIATE PRODUCTS........... 270,489 267,345 315,429 332,239 364,102*| 88,062 92,572 5.12 CONSUMER-ORIENTED AGRICULTURAL TOTAL.... 1,191,588 1,582,966 1,895,864 2,028,935 2,686,008*| 583,025 757,418 29.91 SNACK FOODS (EXCL NUTS)............... 81,305 92,156 121,809 134,568 245,706*| 37,049 68,092 83.79 BREAKFAST CEREALS & PANCAKE MIX....... 37,191 40,269 44,739* 40,182 43,191 | 11,454 9,941 -13.21 RED MEATS, FRESH/CHILLED/FROZEN....... 294,538 477,316 606,942 675,721 876,303*| 210,172 261,363 24.36 RED MEATS, PREPARED/PRESERVED......... 32,142 37,595 43,000 41,023 62,558 | 14,177 17,664 24.60 POULTRY MEAT.......................... 208,256 227,130 230,830 200,095 249,401*| 55,617 56,087 0.84 DAIRY PRODUCTS........................ 107,794 169,503 180,449 175,961 180,430 | 31,864 44,429 39.43 EGGS & PRODUCTS....................... 23,284 30,556 44,476* 18,539 19,352 | 5,554 3,520 -36.63 FRESH FRUIT........................... 81,913 102,908 109,447 163,577 219,721*| 49,580 71,552 44.32 FRESH VEGETABLES...................... 32,411 43,526 42,123 46,766 68,843*| 7,202 9,185 27.53 PROCESSED FRUIT & VEGETABLES.......... 85,872 124,212 171,154 144,714 259,616*| 60,308 75,886 25.83 FRUIT & VEGETABLE JUICES.............. 10,072 10,187 18,287 21,414 37,938*| 8,049 6,956 -13.58 TREE NUTS............................. 23,260 23,106 27,606 40,037 52,708*| 8,986 9,977 11.02 WINE & BEER........................... 15,274 20,678 20,885 25,062 30,504*| 5,921 7,375 24.56 NURSERY PRODUCTS & CUT FLOWERS........ 24,846 27,155* 23,547 26,120 23,184 | 4,330 3,751 -13.39 PET FOODS (DOG & CAT FOOD)............ 33,226 41,089 58,914 62,862 118,468*| 17,271 65,235 277.72 OTHER CONSUMER-ORIENTED PRODUCTS...... 100,204 115,580 151,655 212,293* 198,086 | 55,489 46,406 -16.37 FOREST PRODUCTS (EXCL PULP & PAPER)..... 250,183 292,207 367,247 394,741 434,828 | 102,072 99,957 -2.07 LOGS AND CHIPS........................ 5,168 10,153 15,591* 12,857 5,559 | 981 1,008 2.79 HARDWOOD LUMBER....................... 67,231 66,611 80,040 96,094* 94,085 | 20,733 18,182 -12.31 SOFTWOOD AND TREATED LUMBER........... 35,015 39,422 43,619 50,248 56,555 | 14,237 13,621 -4.32 PANEL PRODUCTS (INCL PLYWOOD)......... 73,769 96,614 100,031 123,511 159,299*| 36,911 40,503 9.73 OTHER VALUE-ADDED WOOD PRODUCTS....... 68,999 79,407 127,966 112,031 119,329 | 29,209 26,643 -8.79 FISH & SEAFOOD PRODUCTS, EDIBLE......... 21,866 32,921 42,583 38,378 50,957*| 12,830 22,555 75.79 SALMON, WHOLE OR EVISCERATED.......... 217 1,384* 842 193 526 | 40 116 189.94 SALMON, CANNED........................ 40 174 207 105 232 | 16 191 1106.9 CRAB & CRABMEAT....................... 311 700 565 917 672 | 357 5 -98.72 SURIMI (FISH PASTE)................... 138 105 0 40 166 | 40 8 -79.80 ROE & URCHIN (FISH EGGS).............. 627 320 137 162 733 | 243 99 -59.29 OTHER EDIBLE FISH & SEAFOOD........... 20,533 30,238 40,832 36,962 48,628*| 12,135 22,136 82.42 _____________________________________________________________________________________________ AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT TOTAL 5,447,066 5,182,094 6,157,019 5,628,727 6,545,071*| 1,497,538 1,855,004 23.87 AGRICULTURAL, FISH & FORESTRY TOTAL 5,719,114 5,507,222 6,566,849 6,061,846 7,030,856*| 1,612,440 1,977,516 22.64 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