U.S. IMPORTS OF AGRICULTURAL, FISH & FORESTRY PRODUCTS FROM ETHIOPIA
                                              CY 1996 - 2000 AND YEAR-TO-DATE COMPARISONS
                                                      (IN THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS)
 IMPORT MARKET: ETHIOPIA
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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.................     20,707      61,163      38,483      19,573      16,711 |     6,801       1,439   -78.84
   COARSE GRAINS.........................          0           0           0           2*          0 |         0           0      -
   RUBBER & ALLIED PRODUCTS..............         24          54          62          72         101 |        38          20   -46.01
   RAW COFFEE............................     19,746      60,279      36,482      13,563      13,116 |     6,467       1,003   -84.49
   TEA (INCL. HERB TEA)..................          0          43*          0           0           6 |         0           0      -
   OTHER BULK COMMODITIES................        937         786       1,938       5,936       3,487 |       296         415    40.31
                                                                                                                                     
 INTERMEDIATE AGRICULTURAL TOTAL.........      2,309       3,264         860       3,690       3,362 |       165         616   272.38
   FEEDS & FODDERS (EXCL. PET FOODS).....          0           0           0       1,246       2,632*|         0         565      -
   HIDES & SKINS.........................      1,538       2,381         507           2           0 |         0           0      -
   PLANTING SEEDS........................          0           0           0       2,149         287 |         0           0      -
   ESSENTIAL OILS........................          0         540           0          24          22 |         0           3      -
   OTHER INTERMEDIATE PRODUCTS...........        771         344         353         268         421 |       165          48   -70.85
                                                                                                                                     
 CONSUMER-ORIENTED AGRICULTURAL TOTAL....      1,126       1,579       5,035       4,261       6,027*|       915       1,123    22.72
   PROCESSED FRUIT & VEGETABLES..........          0           0           2           0           0 |         0           0      -
   WINE AND BEER.........................         12           0           0          41          84 |        15          18    21.22
   NURSERY PRODUCTS & CUT FLOWERS........          0           0           0           0           0 |         0           7      -
   ROASTED & INSTANT COFFEE..............      1,033       1,437       1,906         888         989 |       190         115   -39.64
   SPICES................................         19          11       2,983       3,037       4,725*|       667         898    34.67
   OTHER CONSUMER-ORIENTED PRODUCTS......         61         130         145         295*        228 |        43          84    96.08
                                                                                                                                     
 FOREST PRODUCTS (EXCL. PULP & PAPER)....          6           2          10           4           5 |         0           0      -
   OTHER VALUE-ADDED WOOD PRODUCTS.......          6           2          10           4           5 |         0           0      -
                                                                                                                                     
 FISH & SEAFOOD PRODUCTS, EDIBLE.........          0           0           0           0           0 |         0           0      -
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 AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT TOTAL                   24,143      66,005      44,378      27,524      26,099 |     7,881       3,178   -59.68
 AGRICULTURAL, FISH & FORESTRY TOTAL          24,149      66,007      44,388      27,528      26,104 |     7,881       3,178   -59.68
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 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