U.S. EXPORTS OF AGRICULTURAL, FISH & FORESTRY PRODUCTS TO ROMANIA CY 1996 - 2000 AND YEAR-TO-DATE COMPARISONS (IN THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS) EXPORT MARKET: ROMANIA ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ CALENDAR YEARS (JAN-DEC) | JANUARY - MARCH | COMPARISONS % PRODUCT 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 | 2000 2001 CHANGE ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ BULK AGRICULTURAL TOTAL................. 34,589 5,819 2,540 4,902 3,360 | 206 265 28.54 COARSE GRAINS......................... 0 0 0 1,324 0 | 0 0 - RICE.................................. 11 11 0 0 0 | 0 0 - SOYBEANS.............................. 13,663 4,822 0 3,051 2,475 | 49 0 -100.0 COTTON................................ 20,753 749 1,239 0 404 | 0 0 - TOBACCO............................... 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 91* - PULSES................................ 0 0 4 3 0 | 0 0 - PEANUTS............................... 111 159 0 313* 43 | 0 0 - OTHER BULK COMMODITIES................ 51 76 1,296* 211 437 | 157 174 10.47 INTERMEDIATE AGRICULTURAL TOTAL......... 9,909 2,361 8,014 4,118 3,097 | 191 455 138.59 WHEAT FLOUR........................... 21* 0 0 0 3 | 0 0 - SOYBEAN MEAL.......................... 0 0 1,936 0 0 | 0 0 - SOYBEAN OIL........................... 0 7* 0 0 0 | 0 0 - VEGETABLE OILS (EXCL SOYBEAN OIL)..... 58 17 72 4 0 | 0 0 - FEEDS & FODDERS (EXCL PET FOODS)...... 0 0 87 0 0 | 0 0 - HIDES & SKINS......................... 8,664 0 0 3 294 | 0 0 - ANIMAL FATS........................... 491 9 955 16 0 | 0 0 - PLANTING SEEDS........................ 282 2,062 2,140 1,494 1,895 | 106 182 70.84 SUGARS, SWEETENERS, & BEVERAGE BASES.. 72 56 2,446 2,473* 400 | 68 221 227.07 OTHER INTERMEDIATE PRODUCTS........... 320 211 378 129 505 | 17 53 211.51 CONSUMER-ORIENTED AGRICULTURAL TOTAL.... 3,169 7,889 16,766 5,488 12,104 | 1,190 4,109 245.34 SNACK FOODS (EXCL NUTS)............... 76 12 62 88 993*| 0 62 - BREAKFAST CEREALS & PANCAKE MIX....... 0 94 157* 6 0 | 0 0 - RED MEATS, FRESH/CHILLED/FROZEN....... 204 728 1,175 665 441 | 21 164 667.62 RED MEATS, PREPARED/PRESERVED......... 0 0 40 0 82 | 0 0 - POULTRY MEAT.......................... 707 5,355 12,650 1,825 4,952 | 141 3,101 2096.6 DAIRY PRODUCTS........................ 1,670 1,387 2,164 2,288 3,669 | 683 611 -10.55 FRESH FRUIT........................... 0 0 31* 0 0 | 0 0 - FRESH VEGETABLES...................... 0 0 62 0 0 | 0 0 - PROCESSED FRUIT & VEGETABLES.......... 131 124 81 3 129 | 0 15 - FRUIT & VEGETABLE JUICES.............. 3 9 3 0 27 | 0 25 - TREE NUTS............................. 113 8 20 378 1,334*| 154 0 -100.0 WINE & BEER........................... 25 0 0 54 38 | 38 3 -91.98 PET FOODS (DOG & CAT FOOD)............ 0 33 83* 17 0 | 0 18 - OTHER CONSUMER-ORIENTED PRODUCTS...... 240 138 237 165 438 | 152 110 -27.60 FOREST PRODUCTS (EXCL PULP & PAPER)..... 695 978 668 1,741 937 | 402 49 -87.94 LOGS AND CHIPS........................ 0 29 0 405 295 | 136 0 -100.0 HARDWOOD LUMBER....................... 0 13 9 261 87 | 22 0 -100.0 SOFTWOOD AND TREATED LUMBER........... 0 0 0 48* 14 | 14 0 -100.0 PANEL PRODUCTS (INCL PLYWOOD)......... 563 521 522 622 164 | 86 0 -100.0 OTHER VALUE-ADDED WOOD PRODUCTS....... 132 414* 136 404 377 | 145 49 -66.60 FISH & SEAFOOD PRODUCTS, EDIBLE......... 0 66 665* 294 26 | 0 0 - OTHER EDIBLE FISH & SEAFOOD........... 0 66 665* 294 26 | 0 0 - _____________________________________________________________________________________________ AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT TOTAL 47,667 16,069 27,320 14,507 18,561 | 1,587 4,830 204.34 AGRICULTURAL, FISH & FORESTRY TOTAL 48,362 17,113 28,653 16,542 19,524 | 1,989 4,878 145.21 ==================================================================================================================================== 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