U.S. IMPORTS OF AGRICULTURAL, FISH & FORESTRY PRODUCTS FROM MACEDONIA (SKOPJE) CY 1996 - 2000 AND YEAR-TO-DATE COMPARISONS (IN THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS) IMPORT MARKET: MACEDONIA (SKOPJE) ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ CALENDAR YEARS (JAN-DEC) | JANUARY - MARCH | COMPARISONS % PRODUCT 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 | 2000 2001 CHANGE ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ BULK AGRICULTURAL TOTAL................. 16,562 16,932 25,630 24,230 9,597 | 8,357 9,452 13.10 COARSE GRAINS......................... 0 0 0 0 3*| 0 0 - TOBACCO............................... 16,562 16,932 25,630 24,230 9,576 | 8,347 9,452 13.23 TEA (INCL. HERB TEA).................. 0 0 0 0 18*| 10 0 -100.0 INTERMEDIATE AGRICULTURAL TOTAL......... 101* 66 90 8 46 | 25 3 -89.14 PLANTING SEEDS........................ 4 2 7* 3 3 | 3 0 -100.0 SUGARS, SWEETENERS, & BEVERAGE BASES.. 16 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 - OTHER INTERMEDIATE PRODUCTS........... 81 64 83* 5 43 | 22 3 -87.72 CONSUMER-ORIENTED AGRICULTURAL TOTAL.... 1,967 1,630 1,673 2,756 1,580 | 529 488 -7.68 SNACK FOODS (INCL. CHOCOLATE)......... 178* 0 67 36 110 | 4 49 1034.4 OTHER FRESH FRUIT..................... 0 0 0 32* 0 | 0 0 - PROCESSED FRUIT & VEGETABLES.......... 1,041 1,002 1,098 2,054* 809 | 372 135 -63.86 FRUIT & VEGETABLE JUICES.............. 109 87 0 0 0 | 0 0 - TREE NUTS............................. 0 0 0 0 16*| 3 5 69.88 WINE AND BEER......................... 76 0 235 243* 137 | 44 134 207.37 ROASTED & INSTANT COFFEE.............. 0 0 0 0 9*| 2 0 -100.0 SPICES................................ 489 483 261 386 450 | 98 147 50.27 OTHER CONSUMER-ORIENTED PRODUCTS...... 74* 58 12 5 50 | 5 18 258.03 FOREST PRODUCTS (EXCL. PULP & PAPER).... 0 8* 0 0 0 | 0 0 - PANEL PRODUCTS (INCL. PLYWOOD)........ 0 5* 0 0 0 | 0 0 - OTHER VALUE-ADDED WOOD PRODUCTS....... 0 3* 0 0 0 | 0 0 - FISH & SEAFOOD PRODUCTS, EDIBLE......... 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 - _____________________________________________________________________________________________ AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT TOTAL 18,631 18,628 27,392 26,994 11,224 | 8,911 9,943 11.58 AGRICULTURAL, FISH & FORESTRY TOTAL 18,631 18,636 27,392 26,994 11,224 | 8,911 9,943 11.58 ==================================================================================================================================== 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