U.S. IMPORTS OF AGRICULTURAL, FISH & FORESTRY PRODUCTS FROM NEPAL
                                              CY 1996 - 2000 AND YEAR-TO-DATE COMPARISONS
                                                      (IN THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS)
 IMPORT MARKET: NEPAL
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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.................      6,092*      2,802       1,525         516          48 |        41           0   -100.0
   TEA (INCL. HERB TEA)..................          0           8          15*          3           6 |         0           0      -
   OTHER BULK COMMODITIES................      6,092*      2,794       1,510         513          41 |        41           0   -100.0
                                                                                                                                     
 INTERMEDIATE AGRICULTURAL TOTAL.........      1,432         419         347         202          46 |         0           0      -
   FEEDS & FODDERS (EXCL. PET FOODS).....      1,313*        413           0           0           0 |         0           0      -
   PLANTING SEEDS........................        119           2         347         136          46 |         0           0      -
   ESSENTIAL OILS........................          0           4           0          66*          0 |         0           0      -
                                                                                                                                     
 CONSUMER-ORIENTED AGRICULTURAL TOTAL....          0           0          11           0          10 |        10           0   -100.0
   WINE AND BEER.........................          0           0          11*          0           0 |         0           0      -
   OTHER CONSUMER-ORIENTED PRODUCTS......          0           0           0           0          10*|        10           0   -100.0
                                                                                                                                     
 FOREST PRODUCTS (EXCL. PULP & PAPER)....         35          31         133*         91         119 |        10          11    10.24
   OTHER VALUE-ADDED WOOD PRODUCTS.......         35          31         133*         91         119 |        10          11    10.24
                                                                                                                                     
 FISH & SEAFOOD PRODUCTS, EDIBLE.........          0           0           0           0           0 |         0           0      -
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 AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT TOTAL                    7,524*      3,222       1,883         718         104 |        51           0   -100.0
 AGRICULTURAL, FISH & FORESTRY TOTAL           7,559*      3,253       2,017         810         223 |        62          11   -81.67
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 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