U.S. IMPORTS OF AGRICULTURAL, FISH & FORESTRY PRODUCTS FROM ECUADOR CY 1996 - 2000 AND YEAR-TO-DATE COMPARISONS (IN THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS) IMPORT MARKET: ECUADOR ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ CALENDAR YEARS (JAN-DEC) | JANUARY - MARCH | COMPARISONS % PRODUCT 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 | 2000 2001 CHANGE ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ BULK AGRICULTURAL TOTAL................. 153,118 100,270 54,395 83,343 34,546 | 11,846 7,366 -37.82 COARSE GRAINS......................... 5 16 2 14 5 | 3 7 123.82 RICE.................................. 0 2 0 0 0 | 0 0 - TOBACCO............................... 2,666 4,100 6,162 6,511* 5,796 | 529 2,519 375.78 RUBBER & ALLIED PRODUCTS.............. 4 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 - RAW COFFEE............................ 70,896 60,157 34,869 34,727 12,045 | 3,457 624 -81.94 COCOA BEANS........................... 56,469 29,298 3,018 34,840 10,723 | 3,318 3,809 14.82 TEA (INCL. HERB TEA).................. 583 670 830 654 548 | 198 178 -9.99 RAW BEET & CANE SUGAR................. 18,490 2,040 7,597 4,841 3,910 | 3,910 0 -100.0 OTHER BULK COMMODITIES................ 4,006 3,987 1,916 1,755 1,518 | 430 229 -46.86 INTERMEDIATE AGRICULTURAL TOTAL......... 34,290 43,740 21,288 21,308 25,346 | 4,950 3,353 -32.26 OTHER VEGETABLE OILS.................. 0 0 0 363 23 | 2 0 -100.0 FEEDS & FODDERS (EXCL. PET FOODS)..... 0 0 0 44 2 | 2 4 81.67 LIVE ANIMALS.......................... 20 11 20 22 0 | 0 0 - HIDES & SKINS......................... 13 17 0 9 2 | 0 0 - PLANTING SEEDS........................ 268* 11 0 0 0 | 0 0 - SUGARS, SWEETENERS, & BEVERAGE BASES.. 670 4 9 5 5 | 0 0 - ESSENTIAL OILS........................ 164* 35 46 8 40 | 40 17 -56.73 COCOA PASTE & COCOA BUTTER............ 28,523 39,681 17,366 17,864 21,769 | 4,172 2,466 -40.88 OTHER INTERMEDIATE PRODUCTS........... 4,632* 3,980 3,847 2,993 3,505 | 733 865 18.01 CONSUMER-ORIENTED AGRICULTURAL TOTAL.... 351,568 405,337 443,948 464,141* 391,174 | 113,501 120,887 6.51 SNACK FOODS (INCL. CHOCOLATE)......... 4,112 3,972 3,094 3,685 6,731*| 1,658 1,742 5.03 RED MEATS, PREPARED/PRESERVED......... 0 0 7 31* 0 | 0 0 - OTHER DAIRY PRODUCTS.................. 9 8 19 3 40*| 3 28 745.15 BANANAS AND PLANTAINS................. 249,860 287,160 320,006* 319,256 248,977 | 69,834 70,526 0.99 OTHER FRESH FRUIT..................... 5,926 2,524 5,709 10,613 12,800*| 4,584 3,034 -33.81 FRESH VEGETABLES...................... 1,413 1,503 1,491 1,082 1,958*| 186 511 175.46 PROCESSED FRUIT & VEGETABLES.......... 12,078 14,029 9,521 21,790 22,635*| 4,062 6,061 49.21 FRUIT & VEGETABLE JUICES.............. 4,709 7,256* 5,832 5,891 4,310 | 1,398 1,362 -2.64 TREE NUTS............................. 105* 0 0 4 0 | 0 0 - WINE AND BEER......................... 118 112 132 156 267*| 40 40 -0.37 NURSERY PRODUCTS & CUT FLOWERS........ 68,250 83,519 90,153 92,224* 89,373 | 29,673 36,846 24.17 ROASTED & INSTANT COFFEE.............. 4,044 3,816 7,082 8,413 2,955 | 1,755 400 -77.19 SPICES................................ 365* 190 97 120 233 | 55 83 50.99 OTHER CONSUMER-ORIENTED PRODUCTS...... 579 1,247 806 873 895 | 252 254 0.74 FOREST PRODUCTS (EXCL. PULP & PAPER).... 30,194 33,078 31,110 36,845* 34,095 | 8,602 7,075 -17.75 LOGS AND CHIPS........................ 11 0 0 36 102 | 17 0 -100.0 HARDWOOD LUMBER....................... 5,074 5,169 5,969* 5,630 4,700 | 1,025 965 -5.78 SOFTWOOD AND TREATED LUMBER........... 165 91 447 492 322 | 116 112 -3.07 PANEL PRODUCTS (INCL. PLYWOOD)........ 13,059 12,770 9,237 14,916 15,187*| 3,466 2,875 -17.05 OTHER VALUE-ADDED WOOD PRODUCTS....... 11,885 15,048 15,455 15,771* 13,783 | 3,979 3,123 -21.51 FISH & SEAFOOD PRODUCTS, EDIBLE......... 499,460 714,872* 697,214 548,638 362,234 | 97,534 99,255 1.76 SHRIMP................................ 369,817 583,262* 572,047 402,932 190,393 | 45,542 56,942 25.03 TUNA.................................. 96,084 86,206 84,795 102,018* 94,987 | 26,698 13,005 -51.29 LOBSTER............................... 1,073 1,170 670 2,229 3,309 | 1,003 751 -25.15 GROUNDFISH, FILLET/STEAK.............. 13 0 0 10 0 | 0 0 - OTHER EDIBLE FISH & SEAFOOD........... 32,474 44,233 39,701 41,449 73,546*| 24,291 28,557 17.56 _____________________________________________________________________________________________ AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT TOTAL 538,976 549,347 519,631 568,791* 451,065 | 130,296 131,605 1.00 AGRICULTURAL, FISH & FORESTRY TOTAL 1,068,630 1,297,296* 1,247,955 1,154,274 847,395 | 236,432 237,935 0.64 ==================================================================================================================================== 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