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