U.S. IMPORTS OF AGRICULTURAL, FISH & FORESTRY PRODUCTS FROM MEXICO
CY 1996 - 2000 AND YEAR-TO-DATE COMPARISONS
(IN THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS)
IMPORT MARKET: MEXICO
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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................. 576,460 648,925* 500,949 462,960 464,748 | 192,461 70,333 -63.46
WHEAT................................. 0 2 1,442* 8 1,192 | 0 0 -
COARSE GRAINS......................... 1,016 1,565 2,779 4,199* 3,297 | 1,415 1,153 -18.46
RICE.................................. 260 560 1,587 2,565* 289 | 59 57 -2.39
TOBACCO............................... 23,917 33,027 29,999 23,973 14,056 | 222 685 207.89
RUBBER & ALLIED PRODUCTS.............. 135 142 260 438* 351 | 32 331 943.84
RAW COFFEE............................ 472,674 545,814 401,458 364,241 385,132 | 173,880 52,115 -70.03
COCOA BEANS........................... 5,142 14,094* 12,242 4,263 208 | 208 419 101.27
TEA (INCL. HERB TEA).................. 1,103 3,150 1,865 4,596 7,991*| 2,560 2,458 -3.98
RAW BEET & CANE SUGAR................. 7,680 3,082 13,419 19,949 12,391 | 1,951 255 -86.93
OTHER BULK COMMODITIES................ 64,534* 47,489 35,897 38,727 39,840 | 12,135 12,859 5.96
INTERMEDIATE AGRICULTURAL TOTAL......... 269,846 319,893 365,260 442,885 555,261 | 150,106 181,068 20.63
TROPICAL OILS......................... 8 0 0 3 0 | 0 0 -
OTHER VEGETABLE OILS.................. 20,853 16,960 29,278* 25,674 18,333 | 5,915 4,460 -24.59
FEEDS & FODDERS (EXCL. PET FOODS)..... 1,485 2,830* 1,325 1,332 1,541 | 308 552 78.94
LIVE ANIMALS.......................... 125,017 177,381 207,697 294,714 407,973 | 112,129 143,425 27.91
HIDES & SKINS......................... 3,122 3,350 1,989 2,210 2,406 | 666 1,324 98.79
PLANTING SEEDS........................ 10,718 18,199* 14,232 14,192 14,077 | 3,423 2,391 -30.15
SUGARS, SWEETENERS, & BEVERAGE BASES.. 35,779 26,891 28,274 24,456 27,667 | 8,125 6,995 -13.92
ESSENTIAL OILS........................ 21,359* 15,437 19,559 17,307 18,316 | 4,135 3,684 -10.90
COCOA PASTE & COCOA BUTTER............ 9,305 6,951 4,363 7,512 3,848 | 731 1,542 110.88
OTHER INTERMEDIATE PRODUCTS........... 42,199 51,893 58,544 55,484 61,101*| 14,673 16,695 13.78
CONSUMER-ORIENTED AGRICULTURAL TOTAL.... 2,918,924 3,141,765 3,821,987 3,973,553 4,058,483*| 1,205,594 1,410,833 17.02
SNACK FOODS (INCL. CHOCOLATE)......... 155,159 177,704 202,820 233,105 245,924*| 63,661 63,021 -1.01
RED MEATS, FRESH/CHILLED/FROZEN....... 8,799 7,494 7,315 9,321 11,771 | 2,788 3,501 25.58
RED MEATS, PREPARED/PRESERVED......... 4,455 4,497 6,942 8,269* 7,965 | 1,845 2,084 12.94
CHEESE................................ 89 392 2,506* 945 785 | 135 289 113.89
OTHER DAIRY PRODUCTS.................. 9,467 6,247 5,641 5,928 9,335 | 4,590 5,533 20.56
BANANAS AND PLANTAINS................. 43,825 62,073 56,509 40,022 23,594 | 6,247 5,567 -10.88
OTHER FRESH FRUIT..................... 421,287 426,451 563,334 719,205* 578,158 | 138,153 131,547 -4.78
FRESH VEGETABLES...................... 1,237,665 1,186,539 1,472,757* 1,308,235 1,405,701 | 553,353 725,772 31.16
PROCESSED FRUIT & VEGETABLES.......... 290,654 331,844 354,547 409,735* 400,026 | 116,250 117,436 1.02
FRUIT & VEGETABLE JUICES.............. 73,880 65,882 93,155 78,146 75,240 | 24,242 14,852 -38.73
TREE NUTS............................. 44,299 47,870 85,093* 71,063 79,808 | 15,635 10,866 -30.51
WINE AND BEER......................... 306,845 417,321 551,465 650,962 757,256*| 162,541 200,296 23.23
NURSERY PRODUCTS & CUT FLOWERS........ 29,145 34,807 37,816 40,781 45,553*| 15,786 16,481 4.40
ROASTED & INSTANT COFFEE.............. 97,426 118,278* 109,990 81,442 78,509 | 22,335 20,480 -8.31
SPICES................................ 30,485 32,537 41,726 42,915 42,112 | 10,529 11,493 9.16
OTHER CONSUMER-ORIENTED PRODUCTS...... 165,445 221,831 230,371 273,479 296,747*| 67,506 81,615 20.90
FOREST PRODUCTS (EXCL. PULP & PAPER).... 392,964 439,767* 407,449 416,224 378,147 | 94,964 81,314 -14.37
LOGS AND CHIPS........................ 2,269 1,915 225 462 242 | 53 205 286.58
HARDWOOD LUMBER....................... 2,717* 2,099 1,777 625 786 | 216 79 -63.64
SOFTWOOD AND TREATED LUMBER........... 78,127 94,620* 60,370 48,315 31,817 | 9,504 7,530 -20.77
PANEL PRODUCTS (INCL. PLYWOOD)........ 46,810* 44,330 40,987 43,470 39,643 | 10,009 6,618 -33.88
OTHER VALUE-ADDED WOOD PRODUCTS....... 263,041 296,803 304,091 323,351* 305,659 | 75,182 66,881 -11.04
FISH & SEAFOOD PRODUCTS, EDIBLE......... 449,718 492,190 478,954 494,487 532,454*| 77,242 74,448 -3.62
SHRIMP................................ 327,720 374,102 382,517 386,104 403,021*| 45,166 46,655 3.30
TUNA.................................. 6,939 6,586 7,044 9,298 6,508 | 1,413 685 -51.52
LOBSTER............................... 20,977* 18,102 10,326 10,156 13,642 | 3,107 3,231 3.99
GROUNDFISH, FILLET/STEAK.............. 3 13 9 39 0 | 0 0 -
SALMON, WHOLE OR EVISCERATED.......... 0 26 19 0 0 | 0 0 -
OTHER EDIBLE FISH & SEAFOOD........... 94,079 93,360 79,038 88,890 109,283*| 27,555 23,877 -13.35
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AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT TOTAL 3,765,230 4,110,583 4,688,196 4,879,397 5,078,492*| 1,548,162 1,662,234 7.37
AGRICULTURAL, FISH & FORESTRY TOTAL 4,607,911 5,042,540 5,574,599 5,790,108 5,989,093*| 1,720,367 1,817,996 5.67
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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