U.S. EXPORTS OF AGRICULTURAL, FISH & FORESTRY PRODUCTS TO NIGER CY 1996 - 2000 AND YEAR-TO-DATE COMPARISONS (IN THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS) EXPORT MARKET: NIGER ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ CALENDAR YEARS (JAN-DEC) | JANUARY - MARCH | COMPARISONS % PRODUCT 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 | 2000 2001 CHANGE ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ BULK AGRICULTURAL TOTAL................. 609 339 43 0 564 | 0 699 - COARSE GRAINS......................... 422 339 0 0 0 | 0 0 - RICE.................................. 13 0 15 0 551 | 0 562 - COTTON................................ 174 0 0 0 0 | 0 29 - PULSES................................ 0 0 28* 0 0 | 0 0 - OTHER BULK COMMODITIES................ 0 0 0 0 14 | 0 109* - INTERMEDIATE AGRICULTURAL TOTAL......... 3 1,577 1,871 267 977 | 0 258 - VEGETABLE OILS (EXCL SOYBEAN OIL)..... 0 1,574* 105 177 938 | 0 16 - FEEDS & FODDERS (EXCL PET FOODS)...... 3 3 0 0 0 | 0 0 - PLANTING SEEDS........................ 0 0 451* 0 0 | 0 0 - OTHER INTERMEDIATE PRODUCTS........... 0 0 1,315 90 39 | 0 242 - CONSUMER-ORIENTED AGRICULTURAL TOTAL.... 38 24 40 166 743 | 88 931 958.12 SNACK FOODS (EXCL NUTS)............... 0 0 0 0 8 | 0 0 - POULTRY MEAT.......................... 0 0 0 0 303*| 0 0 - DAIRY PRODUCTS........................ 0 0 0 0 88 | 88 0 -100.0 FRESH FRUIT........................... 0 0 0 0 82*| 0 0 - FRESH VEGETABLES...................... 0 0 0 48* 0 | 0 0 - PROCESSED FRUIT & VEGETABLES.......... 13 0 0 40 4 | 0 0 - TREE NUTS............................. 0 0 0 78 246*| 0 0 - WINE & BEER........................... 0 24* 0 0 0 | 0 12 - NURSERY PRODUCTS & CUT FLOWERS........ 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 44* - OTHER CONSUMER-ORIENTED PRODUCTS...... 25 0 40 0 12 | 0 875 - FOREST PRODUCTS (EXCL PULP & PAPER)..... 144 96 0 94 414*| 355 58 -83.77 HARDWOOD LUMBER....................... 0 0 0 94 396*| 352 58 -83.61 SOFTWOOD AND TREATED LUMBER........... 50 12 0 0 0 | 0 0 - OTHER VALUE-ADDED WOOD PRODUCTS....... 94* 84 0 0 18 | 4 0 -100.0 FISH & SEAFOOD PRODUCTS, EDIBLE......... 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 - _____________________________________________________________________________________________ AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT TOTAL 650 1,940 1,954 432 2,285 | 88 1,889 2046.3 AGRICULTURAL, FISH & FORESTRY TOTAL 794 2,036 1,954 526 2,699 | 443 1,946 339.34 ==================================================================================================================================== 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