U.S. EXPORTS OF AGRICULTURAL, FISH & FORESTRY PRODUCTS TO MAURITANIA
                                              CY 1996 - 2000 AND YEAR-TO-DATE COMPARISONS
                                                      (IN THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS)
 EXPORT MARKET: MAURITANIA
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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.................          6       1,466         972           0         198 |        23           0   -100.0
   WHEAT.................................          0         364           0           0           0 |         0           0      -
   COARSE GRAINS.........................          0         586           0           0           0 |         0           0      -
   RICE..................................          0         516         848           0         175 |         0           0      -
   TOBACCO...............................          6           0           0           0           0 |         0           0      -
   PULSES................................          0           0         124*          0          23 |        23           0   -100.0
                                                                                                                                     
 INTERMEDIATE AGRICULTURAL TOTAL.........        569         857         768         850         978 |       488           0   -100.0
   SOYBEAN OIL...........................        112         146          94          62           0 |         0           0      -
   VEGETABLE OILS (EXCL SOYBEAN OIL).....          0         203         163         161         382*|       215           0   -100.0
   ANIMAL FATS...........................          5           0           0           0           0 |         0           0      -
   OTHER INTERMEDIATE PRODUCTS...........        453         508         512         627         596 |       274           0   -100.0
                                                                                                                                     
 CONSUMER-ORIENTED AGRICULTURAL TOTAL....        107         198          15           0         710 |         0         702      -
   BREAKFAST CEREALS & PANCAKE MIX.......          0           0           0           0         687 |         0         691*     -
   POULTRY MEAT..........................         19          22*          0           0          11 |         0          11      -
   DAIRY PRODUCTS........................          0           5           0           0           0 |         0           0      -
   PET FOODS (DOG & CAT FOOD)............          0           6*          0           0           0 |         0           0      -
   OTHER CONSUMER-ORIENTED PRODUCTS......         88         165          15           0          12 |         0           0      -
                                                                                                                                     
 FOREST PRODUCTS (EXCL PULP & PAPER).....         19           0           0           0           0 |         0           0      -
   HARDWOOD LUMBER.......................         19*          0           0           0           0 |         0           0      -
                                                                                                                                     
 FISH & SEAFOOD PRODUCTS, EDIBLE.........          0          63*          0           0           0 |         0           0      -
   OTHER EDIBLE FISH & SEAFOOD...........          0          63*          0           0           0 |         0           0      -
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 AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT TOTAL                      682       2,520       1,755         850       1,886 |       511         702    37.35
 AGRICULTURAL, FISH & FORESTRY TOTAL             702       2,583       1,755         850       1,886 |       511         702    37.35
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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 EXPORT LEVELS SINCE AT LEAST CY 1970           OR EMAIL FAS AT fasinfo@fas.usda.gov