U.S. IMPORTS OF AGRICULTURAL, FISH & FORESTRY PRODUCTS FROM MALI
                                              CY 1996 - 2000 AND YEAR-TO-DATE COMPARISONS
                                                      (IN THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS)
 IMPORT MARKET: MALI
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                                                            CALENDAR YEARS (JAN-DEC)                 |      JANUARY - MARCH 
                                                                                                     |        COMPARISONS         % 
 PRODUCT                                        1996        1997        1998        1999        2000 |      2000        2001   CHANGE
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 BULK AGRICULTURAL TOTAL.................        982           0           0       1,649           0 |         0           0      -
   RUBBER & ALLIED PRODUCTS..............         74           0           0           0           0 |         0           0      -
   OTHER BULK COMMODITIES................        908           0           0       1,649*          0 |         0           0      -
                                                                                                                                     
 INTERMEDIATE AGRICULTURAL TOTAL.........         20          41          83         973*        307 |         0         176      -
   TROPICAL OILS.........................          0           0           0         579*          0 |         0           0      -
   LIVE ANIMALS..........................         20           0           0           0           0 |         0           0      -
   HIDES & SKINS.........................          0          41          83         394*        307 |         0         176      -
                                                                                                                                     
 CONSUMER-ORIENTED AGRICULTURAL TOTAL....         10           0         269           8          26 |         0           0      -
   FRUIT & VEGETABLE JUICES..............          0           0         116*          0           0 |         0           0      -
   WINE AND BEER.........................          0           0         153           8          26 |         0           0      -
   NURSERY PRODUCTS & CUT FLOWERS........         10           0           0           0           0 |         0           0      -
                                                                                                                                     
 FOREST PRODUCTS (EXCL. PULP & PAPER)....         89         149         348         376*        115 |        26          22   -14.11
   PANEL PRODUCTS (INCL. PLYWOOD)........          0           0           0         237*          0 |         0           0      -
   OTHER VALUE-ADDED WOOD PRODUCTS.......         89         149         348*        139         115 |        26          22   -14.11
                                                                                                                                     
 FISH & SEAFOOD PRODUCTS, EDIBLE.........          0           0           0           7           0 |         0           0      -
   OTHER EDIBLE FISH & SEAFOOD...........          0           0           0           7           0 |         0           0      -
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 AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT TOTAL                    1,012          41         353       2,630         334 |         0         176      -
 AGRICULTURAL, FISH & FORESTRY TOTAL           1,101         190         701       3,014         449 |        26         198   657.70
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 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