U.S. IMPORTS OF AGRICULTURAL, FISH & FORESTRY PRODUCTS FROM CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE)
CY 1996 - 2000 AND YEAR-TO-DATE COMPARISONS
(IN THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS)
IMPORT MARKET: CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE)
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
CALENDAR YEARS (JAN-DEC) | JANUARY - MARCH
| COMPARISONS %
PRODUCT 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 | 2000 2001 CHANGE
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
BULK AGRICULTURAL TOTAL................. 2,476 6,630* 618 4,187 2,976 | 488 111 -77.18
RAW COFFEE............................ 0 140 618 970* 578 | 472 111 -76.40
TEA (INCL. HERB TEA).................. 0 0 0 0 16 | 16 0 -100.0
RAW BEET & CANE SUGAR................. 2,476 6,490* 0 3,217 2,382 | 0 0 -
INTERMEDIATE AGRICULTURAL TOTAL......... 0 94 782* 233 74 | 74 0 -100.0
FEEDS & FODDERS (EXCL. PET FOODS)..... 0 94 755* 233 0 | 0 0 -
SUGARS, SWEETENERS, & BEVERAGE BASES.. 0 0 28* 0 0 | 0 0 -
OTHER INTERMEDIATE PRODUCTS........... 0 0 0 0 74*| 74 0 -100.0
CONSUMER-ORIENTED AGRICULTURAL TOTAL.... 69 0 31 0 59 | 55 17 -69.16
SNACK FOODS (INCL. CHOCOLATE)......... 69* 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 -
OTHER CONSUMER-ORIENTED PRODUCTS...... 0 0 31 0 59 | 55 17 -69.16
FOREST PRODUCTS (EXCL. PULP & PAPER).... 4,509* 3,238 4,348 2,063 1,209 | 488 161 -66.93
LOGS AND CHIPS........................ 0 14 0 18 228*| 25 0 -100.0
HARDWOOD LUMBER....................... 69 65 514* 77 301 | 20 0 -100.0
PANEL PRODUCTS (INCL. PLYWOOD)........ 4,438* 3,159 3,813 1,947 671 | 438 159 -63.79
OTHER VALUE-ADDED WOOD PRODUCTS....... 3 0 22 21 9 | 4 2 -43.93
FISH & SEAFOOD PRODUCTS, EDIBLE......... 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 -
_____________________________________________________________________________________________
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT TOTAL 2,545 6,723* 1,431 4,420 3,108 | 616 128 -79.18
AGRICULTURAL, FISH & FORESTRY TOTAL 7,054 9,961* 5,780 6,483 4,317 | 1,104 289 -73.77
====================================================================================================================================
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