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 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ CALENDAR YEARS (JAN-DEC) | JANUARY - MARCH | COMPARISONS % PRODUCT 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 | 2000 2001 CHANGE ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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 - _____________________________________________________________________________________________ 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 ==================================================================================================================================== 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