U.S. IMPORTS OF AGRICULTURAL, FISH & FORESTRY PRODUCTS FROM ERITREA CY 1996 - 2000 AND YEAR-TO-DATE COMPARISONS (IN THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS) IMPORT MARKET: ERITREA ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ CALENDAR YEARS (JAN-DEC) | JANUARY - MARCH | COMPARISONS % PRODUCT 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 | 2000 2001 CHANGE ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ BULK AGRICULTURAL TOTAL................. 2 0 0 9 0 | 0 0 - RUBBER & ALLIED PRODUCTS.............. 2 0 0 9 0 | 0 0 - INTERMEDIATE AGRICULTURAL TOTAL......... 0 0 220 252* 44 | 0 0 - HIDES & SKINS......................... 0 0 220 252* 33 | 0 0 - ESSENTIAL OILS........................ 0 0 0 0 11*| 0 0 - CONSUMER-ORIENTED AGRICULTURAL TOTAL.... 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 - FOREST PRODUCTS (EXCL. PULP & PAPER).... 1,092* 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 - PANEL PRODUCTS (INCL. PLYWOOD)........ 1,092* 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 - FISH & SEAFOOD PRODUCTS, EDIBLE......... 0 0 0 0 3*| 0 0 - OTHER EDIBLE FISH & SEAFOOD........... 0 0 0 0 3*| 0 0 - _____________________________________________________________________________________________ AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT TOTAL 2 0 220 261* 44 | 0 0 - AGRICULTURAL, FISH & FORESTRY TOTAL 1,094* 0 220 261 47 | 0 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