U.S. IMPORTS OF AGRICULTURAL, FISH & FORESTRY PRODUCTS FROM SIERRA LEONE
CY 1996 - 2000 AND YEAR-TO-DATE COMPARISONS
(IN THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS)
IMPORT MARKET: SIERRA LEONE
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
CALENDAR YEARS (JAN-DEC) | JANUARY - MARCH
| COMPARISONS %
PRODUCT 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 | 2000 2001 CHANGE
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
BULK AGRICULTURAL TOTAL................. 46 45 113 12 10 | 5 5 -9.50
RAW COFFEE............................ 0 45 90 12 0 | 0 0 -
TEA (INCL. HERB TEA).................. 8 0 6 0 0 | 0 0 -
OTHER BULK COMMODITIES................ 38 0 18 0 10 | 5 5 -9.50
INTERMEDIATE AGRICULTURAL TOTAL......... 300 108 25 130 256 | 82 38 -53.90
TROPICAL OILS......................... 0 14 25 32 49*| 0 9 -
FEEDS & FODDERS (EXCL. PET FOODS)..... 300 15 0 98 207 | 82 29 -64.86
OTHER INTERMEDIATE PRODUCTS........... 0 79 0 0 0 | 0 0 -
CONSUMER-ORIENTED AGRICULTURAL TOTAL.... 44 49 44 11 24 | 0 6 -
SNACK FOODS (INCL. CHOCOLATE)......... 0 0 0 0 24*| 0 0 -
FRUIT & VEGETABLE JUICES.............. 0 0 44* 0 0 | 0 0 -
WINE AND BEER......................... 44 45* 0 11 0 | 0 6 -
OTHER CONSUMER-ORIENTED PRODUCTS...... 0 4 0 0 0 | 0 0 -
FOREST PRODUCTS (EXCL. PULP & PAPER).... 4 0 0 0 25 | 0 0 -
OTHER VALUE-ADDED WOOD PRODUCTS....... 4 0 0 0 25 | 0 0 -
FISH & SEAFOOD PRODUCTS, EDIBLE......... 735 8 72 0 0 | 0 0 -
TUNA.................................. 735 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 -
OTHER EDIBLE FISH & SEAFOOD........... 0 8 72 0 0 | 0 0 -
_____________________________________________________________________________________________
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT TOTAL 391 203 182 153 290 | 87 48 -44.88
AGRICULTURAL, FISH & FORESTRY TOTAL 1,129 211 253 153 316 | 87 48 -44.88
====================================================================================================================================
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