U.S. IMPORTS OF AGRICULTURAL, FISH & FORESTRY PRODUCTS FROM MOROCCO
                                              CY 1996 - 2000 AND YEAR-TO-DATE COMPARISONS
                                                      (IN THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS)
 IMPORT MARKET: MOROCCO
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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.................         45          32          52          26          78 |         8          14    86.89
   RUBBER & ALLIED PRODUCTS..............          0           0           0           3           0 |         0           0      -
   TEA (INCL. HERB TEA)..................          6           0           4           0          21 |         0          14      -
   OTHER BULK COMMODITIES................         38          32          47          22          56 |         8           0   -100.0
                                                                                                                                     
 INTERMEDIATE AGRICULTURAL TOTAL.........     19,707      17,512      16,096      17,111      10,991 |     3,151       1,861   -40.94
   TROPICAL OILS.........................          0         356           0           0           0 |         0           0      -
   OTHER VEGETABLE OILS..................      9,252*      7,055       5,936       7,183         217 |        81          13   -84.41
   HIDES & SKINS.........................          0           0           0           0           2 |         0           0      -
   PLANTING SEEDS........................          0           0          13           0           7 |         0           0      -
   ESSENTIAL OILS........................        983       1,848         915       1,964       1,801 |       406         268   -33.97
   OTHER INTERMEDIATE PRODUCTS...........      9,473       8,254       9,232       7,964       8,964 |     2,665       1,580   -40.69
                                                                                                                                     
 CONSUMER-ORIENTED AGRICULTURAL TOTAL....     30,062      34,198      26,040      36,001*     29,184 |     8,331       7,707    -7.49
   OTHER FRESH FRUIT.....................        368         643       1,214       5,824       1,201 |       554         121   -78.25
   FRESH VEGETABLES......................         30          45          35         427*        220 |        37         243   553.51
   PROCESSED FRUIT & VEGETABLES..........     25,259      27,139      19,844      28,113*     26,062 |     7,293       7,099    -2.66
   TREE NUTS.............................         70           0           0           0           0 |         0           0      -
   WINE AND BEER.........................         66          85          73         120         175 |        61          38   -38.37
   NURSERY PRODUCTS & CUT FLOWERS........        293         508         556*        280         180 |        98          34   -65.63
   ROASTED & INSTANT COFFEE..............         75          76         228*          4           0 |         0           0      -
   SPICES................................      3,412       1,493       1,757       1,192         728 |       212         143   -32.49
   OTHER CONSUMER-ORIENTED PRODUCTS......        487       4,210       2,334          41         619 |        76          30   -60.18
                                                                                                                                     
 FOREST PRODUCTS (EXCL. PULP & PAPER)....        419         609         294         727*        661 |       143         145     1.47
   LOGS AND CHIPS........................         12           0           2           0           8 |         0           0      -
   HARDWOOD LUMBER.......................          3          33*          0          13          14 |        14           0   -100.0
   SOFTWOOD AND TREATED LUMBER...........          0           0           0           0           5 |         0           0      -
   PANEL PRODUCTS (INCL. PLYWOOD)........          0           2           0         485*         93 |         0          66      -
   OTHER VALUE-ADDED WOOD PRODUCTS.......        403         574         292         229         541 |       129          79   -38.74
                                                                                                                                     
 FISH & SEAFOOD PRODUCTS, EDIBLE.........     17,193      18,115      20,174      18,598      23,338*|     5,420       6,657    22.83
   OTHER EDIBLE FISH & SEAFOOD...........     17,193      18,115      20,174      18,598      23,338*|     5,420       6,657    22.83
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 AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT TOTAL                   49,814      51,742      42,189      53,137*     40,253 |    11,491       9,583   -16.60
 AGRICULTURAL, FISH & FORESTRY TOTAL          67,426      70,466      62,657      72,462*     64,251 |    17,054      16,385    -3.92
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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