U.S. EXPORTS OF AGRICULTURAL, FISH & FORESTRY PRODUCTS TO CANADA
                                              CY 1996 - 2000 AND YEAR-TO-DATE COMPARISONS
                                                      (IN THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS)
 EXPORT MARKET: CANADA
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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.................    490,596     535,351     498,870     481,866     554,560*|   129,855     156,912    20.84
   WHEAT.................................      1,529       7,490         244         355         407 |        97          84   -13.45
   COARSE GRAINS.........................    139,143*    122,257     124,384      90,432     130,996 |    15,551      41,939   169.69
   RICE..................................     76,271      79,555*     75,461      75,631      71,898 |    19,333      17,458    -9.70
   SOYBEANS..............................     24,265      75,689      20,233      72,011      71,890 |    26,233      23,573   -10.14
   COTTON................................    101,427      87,785     122,244*     63,580     101,781 |    26,794      29,316     9.41
   TOBACCO...............................      4,480       5,335       1,885       1,155         687 |       108          16   -84.77
   PULSES................................      8,353       8,856      12,706      28,254*     16,959 |     3,760       2,954   -21.42
   PEANUTS...............................     65,641      71,612*     63,709      59,668      62,689 |    14,733      10,751   -27.03
   OTHER BULK COMMODITIES................     69,487      76,772      78,004      90,780      97,253*|    23,247      30,821    32.58
                                                                                                                                     
 INTERMEDIATE AGRICULTURAL TOTAL.........  1,219,901   1,394,875   1,384,915   1,422,007   1,591,624*|   422,334     440,652     4.34
   WHEAT FLOUR...........................      7,184       5,557       5,914       9,030*      8,443 |     1,971       1,959    -0.59
   SOYBEAN MEAL..........................    185,925     189,621*    165,270     135,166     161,325 |    34,093      43,179    26.65
   SOYBEAN OIL...........................     28,003      31,200*      8,279       8,049      15,630 |     2,545       6,633   160.61
   VEGETABLE OILS (EXCL SOYBEAN OIL).....     97,853     131,365     127,935     132,644     147,537*|    40,092      37,105    -7.45
   FEEDS & FODDERS (EXCL PET FOODS)......    136,244     156,860     162,581*    154,314     158,501 |    40,155      42,450     5.72
   LIVE ANIMALS..........................     95,568      92,942     122,286     168,150     241,775*|    63,096      55,671   -11.77
   HIDES & SKINS.........................    104,475     130,398     106,086      90,097      83,703 |    32,144      33,547     4.36
   ANIMAL FATS...........................     31,115      32,880*     27,165      24,873      20,542 |     5,892       5,085   -13.69
   PLANTING SEEDS........................     97,913      99,777     108,967     119,839     133,736*|    52,033      55,119     5.93
   SUGARS, SWEETENERS, & BEVERAGE BASES..     98,489     111,963     152,040*    129,836     138,966 |    35,383      34,973    -1.16
   OTHER INTERMEDIATE PRODUCTS...........    337,132     412,313     398,391     450,009     481,466*|   114,930     124,931     8.70
                                                                                                                                     
 CONSUMER-ORIENTED AGRICULTURAL TOTAL....  4,427,475   4,866,837   5,125,199   5,169,282   5,503,761*| 1,292,016   1,336,880     3.47
   SNACK FOODS (EXCL NUTS)...............    521,226     583,549     589,534     593,849     617,466*|   137,413     149,734     8.97
   BREAKFAST CEREALS & PANCAKE MIX.......    119,376     140,897     169,532     181,817     192,178*|    49,285      48,841    -0.90
   RED MEATS, FRESH/CHILLED/FROZEN.......    362,443     374,702     331,102     309,814     349,220 |    92,319      91,573    -0.81
   RED MEATS, PREPARED/PRESERVED.........     95,039     108,234     120,378     131,648     145,790*|    31,615      35,905    13.57
   POULTRY MEAT..........................    169,093     201,437     230,765     218,488     242,573*|    61,083      58,294    -4.57
   DAIRY PRODUCTS........................    123,175     130,416     147,423     179,573     220,163*|    53,029      54,303     2.40
   EGGS & PRODUCTS.......................     45,037      52,876      63,978*     49,702      45,380 |     9,712      11,686    20.32
   FRESH FRUIT...........................    590,895     630,273     606,152     596,541     639,150*|   117,133     119,619     2.12
   FRESH VEGETABLES......................    667,277     747,048     773,455     766,087     869,000*|   213,668     237,552    11.18
   PROCESSED FRUIT & VEGETABLES..........    390,054     413,229     434,306     435,760*    433,786 |    94,939     106,453    12.13
   FRUIT & VEGETABLE JUICES..............    227,368     246,565     259,158     274,186*    271,616 |    66,057      66,304     0.37
   TREE NUTS.............................     92,045      88,149      96,478     105,227     109,141*|    18,733      20,052     7.04
   WINE & BEER...........................    103,319     112,003     124,881     134,215     138,838*|    30,482      30,004    -1.57
   NURSERY PRODUCTS & CUT FLOWERS........     97,721     110,781     118,791     119,030     124,458*|    37,811      38,155     0.91
   PET FOODS (DOG & CAT FOOD)............    204,366     203,695     212,596     211,783     229,005*|    65,269      57,173   -12.40
   OTHER CONSUMER-ORIENTED PRODUCTS......    619,041     722,984     846,672     861,563     875,997*|   213,466     211,233    -1.05
                                                                                                                                     
 FOREST PRODUCTS (EXCL PULP & PAPER).....  1,287,542   1,585,524   1,540,554   1,672,368   1,816,087*|   494,449     463,582    -6.24
   LOGS AND CHIPS........................    210,329     279,315     306,909     325,092     375,947*|   108,817     123,125    13.15
   HARDWOOD LUMBER.......................    264,329     334,478     303,681     349,568     398,692*|   109,726      99,688    -9.15
   SOFTWOOD AND TREATED LUMBER...........    131,228     163,267     123,554     131,508     138,572 |    38,210      30,875   -19.20
   PANEL PRODUCTS (INCL PLYWOOD).........    264,621     303,376     296,665     347,111     371,582*|   100,188      80,860   -19.29
   OTHER VALUE-ADDED WOOD PRODUCTS.......    417,035     505,089     509,745     519,089     531,294*|   137,508     129,034    -6.16
                                                                                                                                     
 FISH & SEAFOOD PRODUCTS, EDIBLE.........    449,122     425,777     436,009     568,919     590,104*|    91,135      87,109    -4.42
   SALMON, WHOLE OR EVISCERATED..........     70,858      48,479      52,675      74,838      81,215*|     9,217       8,850    -3.99
   SALMON, CANNED........................     42,837      29,543      42,830      54,250*     53,979 |     8,738       7,021   -19.66
   CRAB & CRABMEAT.......................     15,541      17,571      23,268      24,911      28,692*|     8,395       7,272   -13.37
   SURIMI (FISH PASTE)...................        453       1,648       1,245       1,295         896 |       352          64   -81.84
   ROE & URCHIN (FISH EGGS)..............      5,761       8,522*      4,018       2,245       3,011 |     1,133         959   -15.39
   OTHER EDIBLE FISH & SEAFOOD...........    313,672     320,015     311,974     411,379     422,311*|    63,299      62,943    -0.56
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 AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT TOTAL                6,137,972   6,797,063   7,008,984   7,073,155   7,649,945*| 1,844,205   1,934,444     4.89
 AGRICULTURAL, FISH & FORESTRY TOTAL       7,874,636   8,808,365   8,985,547   9,314,442  10,056,135*| 2,429,790   2,485,134     2.28
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 NOTE:       * DENOTES HIGHEST EXPORT LEVELS SINCE AT LEAST CY 1970           OR EMAIL FAS AT fasinfo@fas.usda.gov