U.S. IMPORTS OF AGRICULTURAL, FISH & FORESTRY PRODUCTS FROM SLOVENIA CY 1996 - 2000 AND YEAR-TO-DATE COMPARISONS (IN THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS) IMPORT MARKET: SLOVENIA ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ CALENDAR YEARS (JAN-DEC) | JANUARY - MARCH | COMPARISONS % PRODUCT 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 | 2000 2001 CHANGE ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ BULK AGRICULTURAL TOTAL................. 457* 29 19 21 18 | 4 9 130.26 RUBBER & ALLIED PRODUCTS.............. 451* 0 8 0 0 | 0 0 - TEA (INCL. HERB TEA).................. 6 29* 11 21 18 | 4 9 130.26 INTERMEDIATE AGRICULTURAL TOTAL......... 7,137* 3,560 1,683 261 487 | 108 128 19.36 OTHER VEGETABLE OILS.................. 0 0 11 0 36*| 13 0 -100.0 FEEDS & FODDERS (EXCL. PET FOODS)..... 6,579* 3,163 1,404 0 0 | 0 0 - HIDES & SKINS......................... 0 1* 1 0 0 | 0 0 - PLANTING SEEDS........................ 15 10 21* 11 18 | 13 16 21.97 SUGARS, SWEETENERS, & BEVERAGE BASES.. 365 287 156 194 382*| 58 93 60.43 ESSENTIAL OILS........................ 21* 3 0 0 0 | 0 0 - OTHER INTERMEDIATE PRODUCTS........... 157 97 89 56 51 | 23 20 -15.31 CONSUMER-ORIENTED AGRICULTURAL TOTAL.... 6,331* 5,209 4,646 4,604 6,097 | 1,560 997 -36.05 SNACK FOODS (INCL. CHOCOLATE)......... 332 831 395 625 1,019 | 282 152 -46.28 RED MEATS, PREPARED/PRESERVED......... 0 0 0 32 0 | 0 0 - CHEESE................................ 533 880 1,070* 762 825 | 0 62 - OTHER DAIRY PRODUCTS.................. 0 0 0 106* 0 | 0 18 - PROCESSED FRUIT & VEGETABLES.......... 105 32 8 0 54 | 0 10 - FRUIT & VEGETABLE JUICES.............. 1,890* 171 82 380 752 | 309 0 -100.0 WINE AND BEER......................... 3,200 2,821 2,659 2,274 2,077 | 531 478 -9.93 ROASTED & INSTANT COFFEE.............. 0 1 0 3 13 | 0 0 - SPICES................................ 21 128* 68 0 0 | 0 0 - OTHER CONSUMER-ORIENTED PRODUCTS...... 251 345 364 421 1,357*| 437 278 -36.34 FOREST PRODUCTS (EXCL. PULP & PAPER).... 1,027 1,013 1,196 1,923 2,384*| 373 590 58.17 HARDWOOD LUMBER....................... 0 0 0 0 63*| 4 49 1280.7 PANEL PRODUCTS (INCL. PLYWOOD)........ 0 0 0 86* 0 | 0 0 - OTHER VALUE-ADDED WOOD PRODUCTS....... 1,027 1,013 1,196 1,837 2,321*| 369 541 46.42 FISH & SEAFOOD PRODUCTS, EDIBLE......... 0 0 0 4 230*| 52 45 -13.43 OTHER EDIBLE FISH & SEAFOOD........... 0 0 0 4 230*| 52 45 -13.43 _____________________________________________________________________________________________ AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT TOTAL 13,925* 8,798 6,348 4,886 6,602 | 1,671 1,135 -32.07 AGRICULTURAL, FISH & FORESTRY TOTAL 14,951* 9,812 7,544 6,813 9,216 | 2,096 1,770 -15.56 ==================================================================================================================================== 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