U.S. IMPORTS OF AGRICULTURAL, FISH & FORESTRY PRODUCTS FROM ESTONIA CY 1996 - 2000 AND YEAR-TO-DATE COMPARISONS (IN THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS) IMPORT MARKET: ESTONIA ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ CALENDAR YEARS (JAN-DEC) | JANUARY - MARCH | COMPARISONS % PRODUCT 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 | 2000 2001 CHANGE ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ BULK AGRICULTURAL TOTAL................. 0 0 0 0 19 | 0 0 - OTHER BULK COMMODITIES................ 0 0 0 0 19*| 0 0 - INTERMEDIATE AGRICULTURAL TOTAL......... 73 187 51 25 32 | 3 0 -100.0 HIDES & SKINS......................... 73 117 51 25 32 | 3 0 -100.0 OTHER INTERMEDIATE PRODUCTS........... 0 70* 0 0 0 | 0 0 - CONSUMER-ORIENTED AGRICULTURAL TOTAL.... 318 275 404 1,443 3,009*| 148 930 528.11 SNACK FOODS (INCL. CHOCOLATE)......... 0 0 8 24 17 | 0 3 - CHEESE................................ 0 0 0 38 0 | 0 0 - OTHER DAIRY PRODUCTS.................. 0 143 381 1,047 2,259*| 0 737 - FRESH VEGETABLES...................... 0 0 0 0 21*| 0 0 - PROCESSED FRUIT & VEGETABLES.......... 294* 112 0 32 27 | 0 0 - WINE AND BEER......................... 23* 20 14 23 13 | 0 7 - NURSERY PRODUCTS & CUT FLOWERS........ 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 3* - OTHER CONSUMER-ORIENTED PRODUCTS...... 0 0 0 280 672*| 148 180 21.42 FOREST PRODUCTS (EXCL. PULP & PAPER).... 1,588 1,167 1,544 5,583* 4,664 | 1,082 1,588 46.79 HARDWOOD LUMBER....................... 1* 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 - SOFTWOOD AND TREATED LUMBER........... 24 105 58 547 618*| 211 461 118.67 PANEL PRODUCTS (INCL. PLYWOOD)........ 1,156 331 237 4,673* 2,324 | 636 812 27.72 OTHER VALUE-ADDED WOOD PRODUCTS....... 406 731 1,249 363 1,722*| 235 315 33.99 FISH & SEAFOOD PRODUCTS, EDIBLE......... 926 106 503 995 3,628*| 558 1,773 217.88 SHRIMP................................ 0 0 0 146 284*| 232 0 -100.0 GROUNDFISH, FILLET/STEAK.............. 279* 0 138 115 10 | 0 0 - OTHER EDIBLE FISH & SEAFOOD........... 647 106 366 735 3,334*| 326 1,773 444.37 _____________________________________________________________________________________________ AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT TOTAL 391 462 455 1,468 3,060*| 151 930 514.64 AGRICULTURAL, FISH & FORESTRY TOTAL 2,905 1,735 2,502 8,046 11,352*| 1,790 4,290 139.60 ==================================================================================================================================== 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