U.S. IMPORTS OF AGRICULTURAL, FISH & FORESTRY PRODUCTS FROM NIGER
                                              CY 1996 - 2000 AND YEAR-TO-DATE COMPARISONS
                                                      (IN THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS)
 IMPORT MARKET: NIGER
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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.................          4          61           0           0           0 |         0           0      -
   TEA (INCL. HERB TEA)..................          4*          0           0           0           0 |         0           0      -
   OTHER BULK COMMODITIES................          0          61*          0           0           0 |         0           0      -
                                                                                                                                     
 INTERMEDIATE AGRICULTURAL TOTAL.........          0           0          10         143         115 |        94           0   -100.0
   FEEDS & FODDERS (EXCL. PET FOODS).....          0           0          10         143*         94 |        94           0   -100.0
   LIVE ANIMALS..........................          0           0           0           0           7 |         0           0      -
   OTHER INTERMEDIATE PRODUCTS...........          0           0           0           0          15 |         0           0      -
                                                                                                                                     
 CONSUMER-ORIENTED AGRICULTURAL TOTAL....          5          85          92           0          22 |         0           0      -
   SNACK FOODS (INCL. CHOCOLATE).........          5           0           0           0           0 |         0           0      -
   OTHER DAIRY PRODUCTS..................          0           0           0           0           5 |         0           0      -
   FRESH VEGETABLES......................          0           0          56           0           0 |         0           0      -
   PROCESSED FRUIT & VEGETABLES..........          0           0          11           0           0 |         0           0      -
   NURSERY PRODUCTS & CUT FLOWERS........          0           0           1           0           0 |         0           0      -
   SPICES................................          0          85          21           0          17 |         0           0      -
   OTHER CONSUMER-ORIENTED PRODUCTS......          0           0           2           0           0 |         0           0      -
                                                                                                                                     
 FOREST PRODUCTS (EXCL. PULP & PAPER)....          2           0           8          14          13 |         0           0      -
   OTHER VALUE-ADDED WOOD PRODUCTS.......          2           0           8          14*         13 |         0           0      -
                                                                                                                                     
 FISH & SEAFOOD PRODUCTS, EDIBLE.........         25          77           0           0           0 |         0           0      -
   OTHER EDIBLE FISH & SEAFOOD...........         25          77           0           0           0 |         0           0      -
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 AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT TOTAL                        9         147         102         143         137 |        94           0   -100.0
 AGRICULTURAL, FISH & FORESTRY TOTAL              35         224         110         156         151 |        94           0   -100.0
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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