U.S. IMPORTS OF AGRICULTURAL, FISH & FORESTRY PRODUCTS FROM BYELARUS, REPUBLIC OF CY 1996 - 2000 AND YEAR-TO-DATE COMPARISONS (IN THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS) IMPORT MARKET: BYELARUS, REPUBLIC OF ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ CALENDAR YEARS (JAN-DEC) | JANUARY - MARCH | COMPARISONS % PRODUCT 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 | 2000 2001 CHANGE ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ BULK AGRICULTURAL TOTAL................. 0 218* 0 0 0 | 0 0 - OTHER BULK COMMODITIES................ 0 218* 0 0 0 | 0 0 - INTERMEDIATE AGRICULTURAL TOTAL......... 0 0 0 3 0 | 0 0 - ESSENTIAL OILS........................ 0 0 0 3* 0 | 0 0 - CONSUMER-ORIENTED AGRICULTURAL TOTAL.... 1,076* 59 0 333 160 | 70 144 106.00 CHEESE................................ 428* 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 - OTHER DAIRY PRODUCTS.................. 649* 59 0 333 136 | 64 144 126.79 FRESH VEGETABLES...................... 0 0 0 0 4*| 0 0 - PROCESSED FRUIT & VEGETABLES.......... 0 0 0 0 6*| 6 0 -100.0 WINE AND BEER......................... 0 0 0 0 13*| 0 0 - FOREST PRODUCTS (EXCL. PULP & PAPER).... 639* 73 274 175 441 | 108 105 -2.40 PANEL PRODUCTS (INCL. PLYWOOD)........ 627* 20 257 110 33 | 0 0 - OTHER VALUE-ADDED WOOD PRODUCTS....... 12 53 17 65 408*| 108 105 -2.40 FISH & SEAFOOD PRODUCTS, EDIBLE......... 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 - _____________________________________________________________________________________________ AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT TOTAL 1,076* 277 0 336 160 | 70 144 106.00 AGRICULTURAL, FISH & FORESTRY TOTAL 1,715* 350 274 512 601 | 178 249 40.29 ==================================================================================================================================== 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