U.S. IMPORTS OF AGRICULTURAL, FISH & FORESTRY PRODUCTS FROM CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC CY 1996 - 2000 AND YEAR-TO-DATE COMPARISONS (IN THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS) IMPORT MARKET: CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ CALENDAR YEARS (JAN-DEC) | JANUARY - MARCH | COMPARISONS % PRODUCT 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 | 2000 2001 CHANGE ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ BULK AGRICULTURAL TOTAL................. 141 1,135 2,388 2,565* 1,894 | 1,206 0 -100.0 TOBACCO............................... 141 1,135 2,388 2,462* 1,801 | 1,206 0 -100.0 RAW COFFEE............................ 0 0 0 0 94 | 0 0 - TEA (INCL. HERB TEA).................. 0 0 0 103 0 | 0 0 - INTERMEDIATE AGRICULTURAL TOTAL......... 0 33 0 8 0 | 0 0 - HIDES & SKINS......................... 0 32* 0 8 0 | 0 0 - OTHER INTERMEDIATE PRODUCTS........... 0 1 0 0 0 | 0 0 - CONSUMER-ORIENTED AGRICULTURAL TOTAL.... 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 - FOREST PRODUCTS (EXCL. PULP & PAPER).... 41 46 44 0 0 | 0 0 - HARDWOOD LUMBER....................... 22* 10 0 0 0 | 0 0 - PANEL PRODUCTS (INCL. PLYWOOD)........ 0 35 44 0 0 | 0 0 - OTHER VALUE-ADDED WOOD PRODUCTS....... 19 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 - FISH & SEAFOOD PRODUCTS, EDIBLE......... 0 0 56 0 34 | 4 0 -100.0 TUNA.................................. 0 0 0 0 4*| 4 0 -100.0 LOBSTER............................... 0 0 0 0 30*| 0 0 - OTHER EDIBLE FISH & SEAFOOD........... 0 0 56* 0 0 | 0 0 - _____________________________________________________________________________________________ AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT TOTAL 141 1,168 2,388 2,573* 1,894 | 1,206 0 -100.0 AGRICULTURAL, FISH & FORESTRY TOTAL 183 1,214 2,488 2,573* 1,928 | 1,211 0 -100.0 ==================================================================================================================================== 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