U.S. IMPORTS OF AGRICULTURAL, FISH & FORESTRY PRODUCTS FROM CHAD
                                              CY 1996 - 2000 AND YEAR-TO-DATE COMPARISONS
                                                      (IN THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS)
 IMPORT MARKET: CHAD
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                                                            CALENDAR YEARS (JAN-DEC)                 |      JANUARY - MARCH 
                                                                                                     |        COMPARISONS         % 
 PRODUCT                                        1996        1997        1998        1999        2000 |      2000        2001   CHANGE
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 BULK AGRICULTURAL TOTAL.................         66           0         554          73          47 |         0           0      -
   RUBBER & ALLIED PRODUCTS..............         66           0         554          73          47 |         0           0      -
                                                                                                                                     
 INTERMEDIATE AGRICULTURAL TOTAL.........          0           0          24          19          50*|         0           0      -
   HIDES & SKINS.........................          0           0           0          19          50*|         0           0      -
   OTHER INTERMEDIATE PRODUCTS...........          0           0          24*          0           0 |         0           0      -
                                                                                                                                     
 CONSUMER-ORIENTED AGRICULTURAL TOTAL....          0           0          96*          0           0 |         0           0      -
   SPICES................................          0           0          96*          0           0 |         0           0      -
                                                                                                                                     
 FOREST PRODUCTS (EXCL. PULP & PAPER)....          0           0           0           0           0 |         0         383*     -
   HARDWOOD LUMBER.......................          0           0           0           0           0 |         0         383*     -
                                                                                                                                     
 FISH & SEAFOOD PRODUCTS, EDIBLE.........          9           0           0           0           0 |         0           0      -
   OTHER EDIBLE FISH & SEAFOOD...........          9*          0           0           0           0 |         0           0      -
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 AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT TOTAL                       66           0         674          92          97 |         0           0      -
 AGRICULTURAL, FISH & FORESTRY TOTAL              75           0         674          92          97 |         0         383      -
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 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