U.S. IMPORTS OF AGRICULTURAL, FISH & FORESTRY PRODUCTS FROM GUINEA CY 1996 - 2000 AND YEAR-TO-DATE COMPARISONS (IN THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS) IMPORT MARKET: GUINEA ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ CALENDAR YEARS (JAN-DEC) | JANUARY - MARCH | COMPARISONS % PRODUCT 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 | 2000 2001 CHANGE ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ BULK AGRICULTURAL TOTAL................. 623 6,212 2,522 534 143 | 41 42 1.70 TOBACCO............................... 0 0 0 19* 0 | 0 0 - RUBBER & ALLIED PRODUCTS.............. 0 22* 10 0 0 | 0 0 - RAW COFFEE............................ 623 3,596 2,497 305 121 | 41 42 1.70 COCOA BEANS........................... 0 2,594 0 0 0 | 0 0 - TEA (INCL. HERB TEA).................. 0 0 15 0 23 | 0 0 - OTHER BULK COMMODITIES................ 0 0 0 211* 0 | 0 0 - INTERMEDIATE AGRICULTURAL TOTAL......... 993* 211 187 553 153 | 13 0 -100.0 TROPICAL OILS......................... 85 18 17 200* 49 | 13 0 -100.0 FEEDS & FODDERS (EXCL. PET FOODS)..... 788* 66 155 294 103 | 0 0 - HIDES & SKINS......................... 0 1 3 6 1 | 0 0 - ESSENTIAL OILS........................ 4 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 - OTHER INTERMEDIATE PRODUCTS........... 116 126 12 53 0 | 0 0 - CONSUMER-ORIENTED AGRICULTURAL TOTAL.... 13 57 1,040* 5 23 | 7 0 -100.0 SNACK FOODS (INCL. CHOCOLATE)......... 4 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 - PROCESSED FRUIT & VEGETABLES.......... 2 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 - NURSERY PRODUCTS & CUT FLOWERS........ 0 1 0 0 0 | 0 0 - ROASTED & INSTANT COFFEE.............. 6 56 1,033* 3 12 | 7 0 -100.0 SPICES................................ 0 0 7 0 9*| 0 0 - OTHER CONSUMER-ORIENTED PRODUCTS...... 0 0 0 2 2 | 0 0 - FOREST PRODUCTS (EXCL. PULP & PAPER).... 2 284* 46 51 94 | 27 44 63.63 LOGS AND CHIPS........................ 0 7* 0 0 0 | 0 0 - HARDWOOD LUMBER....................... 0 0 0 0 5 | 0 0 - PANEL PRODUCTS (INCL. PLYWOOD)........ 0 228* 0 0 19 | 19 0 -100.0 OTHER VALUE-ADDED WOOD PRODUCTS....... 2 49 46 51 70*| 8 44 465.01 FISH & SEAFOOD PRODUCTS, EDIBLE......... 19 0 148 102 51 | 47 20 -57.06 TUNA.................................. 0 0 148* 92 47 | 47 20 -57.06 OTHER EDIBLE FISH & SEAFOOD........... 19* 0 0 11 4 | 0 0 - _____________________________________________________________________________________________ AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT TOTAL 1,629 6,480 3,749 1,093 319 | 62 42 -32.30 AGRICULTURAL, FISH & FORESTRY TOTAL 1,650 6,764* 3,944 1,245 465 | 136 106 -21.85 ==================================================================================================================================== 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