U.S. IMPORTS OF AGRICULTURAL, FISH & FORESTRY PRODUCTS FROM BURMA CY 1996 - 2000 AND YEAR-TO-DATE COMPARISONS (IN THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS) IMPORT MARKET: BURMA ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ CALENDAR YEARS (JAN-DEC) | JANUARY - MARCH | COMPARISONS % PRODUCT 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 | 2000 2001 CHANGE ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ BULK AGRICULTURAL TOTAL................. 4,369 4,660 3,538 3,850 3,308 | 1,149 404 -64.86 RAW COFFEE............................ 0 0 39 63 0 | 0 0 - TEA (INCL. HERB TEA).................. 36* 0 0 0 3 | 0 0 - OTHER BULK COMMODITIES................ 4,333 4,660* 3,499 3,787 3,305 | 1,149 404 -64.86 INTERMEDIATE AGRICULTURAL TOTAL......... 4,469* 1,826 2,327 2,186 4,276 | 1,449 1,508 4.06 FEEDS & FODDERS (EXCL. PET FOODS)..... 4,103 1,481 2,250 2,164 4,114*| 1,449 1,472 1.57 PLANTING SEEDS........................ 366* 340 67 21 0 | 0 0 - ESSENTIAL OILS........................ 0 5 2 0 157 | 0 31 - OTHER INTERMEDIATE PRODUCTS........... 0 0 7 2 5 | 0 5 - CONSUMER-ORIENTED AGRICULTURAL TOTAL.... 340* 15 209 102 79 | 0 77 - RED MEATS, FRESH/CHILLED/FROZEN....... 0 0 0 83* 54 | 0 77 - CHEESE................................ 133* 0 6 0 0 | 0 0 - FRESH VEGETABLES...................... 0 0 0 3* 0 | 0 0 - FRUIT & VEGETABLE JUICES.............. 0 0 193* 0 0 | 0 0 - WINE AND BEER......................... 68 15 0 12 0 | 0 0 - NURSERY PRODUCTS & CUT FLOWERS........ 0 0 10* 4 0 | 0 0 - ROASTED & INSTANT COFFEE.............. 0 0 0 0 16*| 0 0 - SPICES................................ 0 0 0 0 9 | 0 0 - OTHER CONSUMER-ORIENTED PRODUCTS...... 139* 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 - FOREST PRODUCTS (EXCL. PULP & PAPER).... 4,428 3,696 7,112 8,094* 6,475 | 1,742 1,183 -32.07 LOGS AND CHIPS........................ 195 142 287 20 38 | 0 108 - HARDWOOD LUMBER....................... 4,140 3,357 6,728 7,387* 5,950 | 1,680 809 -51.81 PANEL PRODUCTS (INCL. PLYWOOD)........ 9 93* 0 85 76 | 32 36 11.89 OTHER VALUE-ADDED WOOD PRODUCTS....... 85 103 97 601* 411 | 30 230 662.87 FISH & SEAFOOD PRODUCTS, EDIBLE......... 5,376 6,996 1,843 4,531 27,837*| 3,533 9,068 156.65 SHRIMP................................ 5,363 6,763 1,281 3,654 26,905*| 3,341 8,288 148.08 OTHER EDIBLE FISH & SEAFOOD........... 13 233 562 877 931 | 192 780 305.52 _____________________________________________________________________________________________ AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT TOTAL 9,179* 6,501 6,074 6,138 7,663 | 2,598 1,988 -23.46 AGRICULTURAL, FISH & FORESTRY TOTAL 18,983 17,193 15,029 18,763 41,975*| 7,873 12,240 55.47 ==================================================================================================================================== 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 IMPORT LEVELS SINCE AT LEAST CY 1970 OR EMAIL FAS AT fasinfo@fas.usda.gov