U.S. IMPORTS OF AGRICULTURAL, FISH & FORESTRY PRODUCTS FROM KENYA CY 1996 - 2000 AND YEAR-TO-DATE COMPARISONS (IN THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS) IMPORT MARKET: KENYA ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ CALENDAR YEARS (JAN-DEC) | JANUARY - MARCH | COMPARISONS % PRODUCT 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 | 2000 2001 CHANGE ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ BULK AGRICULTURAL TOTAL................. 24,809 28,609 36,442 24,960 24,363 | 4,415 4,649 5.29 TOBACCO............................... 9 1,108* 799 432 0 | 0 0 - RUBBER & ALLIED PRODUCTS.............. 20 20 30* 15 17 | 17 0 -100.0 RAW COFFEE............................ 15,094 18,802 22,248 12,712 13,110 | 1,618 1,778 9.88 TEA (INCL. HERB TEA).................. 9,617 8,679 13,365 11,701 11,236 | 2,780 2,830 1.78 OTHER BULK COMMODITIES................ 69 0 0 100 0 | 0 41 - INTERMEDIATE AGRICULTURAL TOTAL......... 20,758 18,847 8,986 7,696 7,788 | 2,825 3,949 39.79 LIVE ANIMALS.......................... 0 32* 0 0 0 | 0 0 - PLANTING SEEDS........................ 1,220 999 120 263 156 | 0 31 - ESSENTIAL OILS........................ 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 3 - OTHER INTERMEDIATE PRODUCTS........... 19,538 17,815 8,866 7,433 7,632 | 2,825 3,916 38.60 CONSUMER-ORIENTED AGRICULTURAL TOTAL.... 7,599 8,350* 3,220 2,824 1,915 | 544 302 -44.46 SNACK FOODS (INCL. CHOCOLATE)......... 0 0 19 0 192*| 0 0 - PROCESSED FRUIT & VEGETABLES.......... 820 952* 183 106 0 | 0 0 - FRUIT & VEGETABLE JUICES.............. 0 367 0 0 247 | 18 60 232.28 TREE NUTS............................. 4,444 4,468 1,645 1,396 236 | 88 70 -20.43 WINE AND BEER......................... 0 0 25 95 11 | 11 0 -100.0 NURSERY PRODUCTS & CUT FLOWERS........ 119 75 205 451 695 | 410 81 -80.24 ROASTED & INSTANT COFFEE.............. 2,216 2,488* 1,142 776 521 | 16 91 467.45 SPICES................................ 0 0 0 0 13 | 0 0 - FOREST PRODUCTS (EXCL. PULP & PAPER).... 1,949 2,792 3,207* 2,631 2,068 | 545 513 -5.92 PANEL PRODUCTS (INCL. PLYWOOD)........ 5 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 - OTHER VALUE-ADDED WOOD PRODUCTS....... 1,945 2,792 3,207* 2,631 2,068 | 545 513 -5.92 FISH & SEAFOOD PRODUCTS, EDIBLE......... 128 791 1,144 501 834 | 143 582 306.68 LOBSTER............................... 0 0 17 0 0 | 0 0 - GROUNDFISH, FILLET/STEAK.............. 0 131* 109 0 0 | 0 0 - OTHER EDIBLE FISH & SEAFOOD........... 128 661 1,019 501 834 | 143 582 306.68 _____________________________________________________________________________________________ AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT TOTAL 53,167 55,806 48,647 35,479 34,066 | 7,784 8,900 14.33 AGRICULTURAL, FISH & FORESTRY TOTAL 55,244 59,390 52,998 38,612 36,968 | 8,472 9,995 17.97 ==================================================================================================================================== 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