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FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL TRADE OF THE UNITED STATES, CALENDAR YEAR
1998 SUPPLEMENT. Market and Trade Economics Division, Economic
Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
ABSTRACT
This statistical reference summarizes current and historical data
on U.S. foreign trade in agricultural products. Tables highlight
commodity and country information, including values, quantities,
markets for agricultural exports, and import sources.
Note to Subscribers
Monthly and annual export and import data are available
electronically on the ERS web site. The Internet address is
http://www.econ.ag.gov/. The data files are spreadsheets with
the WK1 extension. The files are located under ERS Publications-
U.S. Agricultural Trade-U.S. Agricultural Trade Update.
Washington, DC 20036-5831 May 1999
CONTENTS
Country Grouping . iii
Special Notice . 1
List of Abbreviations.2
Commodity composition of U.S. agricultural and selected nonagricultural
exports (Harmonized System [HS] 1989) . 3
Commodity composition of U.S. agricultural and selected nonagricultural
imports (Harmonized System [HS] 1989) . 13
Historical Summaries
Table 1--Value of U.S. foreign trade and trade balance (agricultural,
nonagricultural), January-December 1990-98 35
Table 2--U.S. agricultural exports: Quantity and value of major
commodity groups, January-December 1979-1998 36
Table 3--U.S. agricultural imports: Quantity and value of selected
commodities, January-December 1979-1998 . 37
Indexes
Table 4--U.S. agricultural exports: Quantity indexes of selected
commodity groups, calendar years 1984-98 .... . .... 38
Table 5--U.S. agricultural imports: Quantity indexes of selected
commodity groups, calendar years 1984-98 38
Exports
Table 6--U.S. agricultural exports: Quantity and value by commodity,
January-December 1996, 1997, and 1998 . 39
Table 7—U.S. agricultural exports: Quantity and value for top 10 destina¬
tions of major commodity groups, January-December 1994-1998 . 50
Table 8--U.S. agricultural exports: Change in quantity and value by
commodity, January-December 1997 and 1998 . 52
Table 9--U.S. agricultural exports: Quantity, value, and unit value by
commodity and country, January-December 1997 and 1998 . 54
Imports
Table 10--U.S. agricultural imports: Quantity and value by commodity
January-December 1996, 1997, and 1998 . 286
Table 11--U.S. agricultural imports: Quantity and value for top 10 sources
of major commodity groups, January-December 1994-1998 . 308
Table 12--U.S. agricultural imports: Change in quantity and value by
commodity, January-December 1997 and 1998 . 310
Table 13--U.S. agricultural imports: Quantity, value, and unit value
by commodity and country, January-December 1997 and 1998 . 312
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COUNTRY GROUPING
WORLD OTHER W EUROPE
AMERICAS TOTAL (does not exist) ICELAND
GREENLAND NORWAY, INCL SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN IS
CANADA NORWAY, INCL SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN IS., ends 12/1988
ST PIERRE AND MIQUELON SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN ISLAND
LATIN AMERICA NORWAY
MEXICO SWITZERLAND, INCL. LIECHTENSTEIN
CENTRAL AMERICA LIECHTENSTEIN
GUATEMALA SWITZERLAND
BELIZE GIBRALTAR
EL SALVADOR MALTA AND GOZO
HONDURAS E EUROPE
NICARAGUA FORMER CZECHOSLOVAKIA
COSTA RICA FORMER CZECHOSLOVAKIA, ends 12/1992
PANAMA CZECH REPUBLIC
CARIBBEAN SLOVAKIA
BERMUDA HUNGARY
BAHAMAS POLAND
CUBA FORMER YUGOSLAVIA
JAMAICA FORMER YUGOSLAVIA, ends 5/1992
TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS CROATIA
CAYMAN ISLANDS SLOVENIA
HAITI BOSNIA-HERCEGOVTNA
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC MACEDONIA (SKOPJE)
LEEWARD AND WINDWARD ISLANDS YUGOSLAVIA (Serbia & Montg ). begins 6/1992
ANGUILLA ALBANIA
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS ROMANIA
ST CHRISTOPHER-NEV1S BULGARIA
ANTIGUA & BARBUDA NEW INDEPENDENT STATES
MONTSERRAT USSR, ends 12/1988
DOMINICA FORMER USSR, begins 1/1989 & ends 1/1993
ST LUCIA ESTONIA
ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINE LATVIA
GRENADA LITHUANIA
BARBADOS RUSSIAN FEDERATION, begins 2/1992
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO BELARUS
NETHERLANDS ANTILLES UKRAINE
NETHERLANDS ANTILLES ARMENIA
ARUBA AZERBAIJAN
FRENCH WEST INDIES GEORGIA
GUADELOUPE KAZAKHSTAN
MARTINIQUE KYRGYZSTAN
S AMERICA MOLDOVA
COLOMBIA TAJIKISTAN
VENEZUELA TURKMENISTAN
GUYANA UZBEKISTAN
SURINAME ASIA
FRENCH GUIANA W ASIA (MIDEAST)
ECUADOR TURKEY
PERU CYPRUS
BOLIVIA SYRIA
CHILE LEBANON
BRAZIL IRAQ
PARAGUAY IRAN
URUGUAY ISRAEL, INCL GAZA STRIP AND WEST BANK
ARGENTINA ISRAEL, INCL GAZA STRIP AND WEST BANK, ends 6/1989
FALKLAND ISLANDS ISRAEL
EUROPE TOTAL (does not exist) GAZA STRIP
W EUROPE WEST BANK
EUROPEAN UNION JORDAN
SWEDEN KUWAIT
FINLAND IRAQ - SAUDI ARABIA NEUTRAL ZONE
DENMARK, INCL FAROE ISLANDS SAUDI ARABIA
FAROE ISLANDS QATAR
DENMARK UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
UNITED KINGDOM YEMEN, INCL. ADEN AND SANA
IRELAND YEMEN (SANA), ends 9/1990 & UNITED begins 10/1990
NETHERLANDS YEMEN (ADEN), ends 9/1990
BELGIUM AND LUXEMBOURG OMAN
BELGIUM AND LUXEMBOURG, ends 12/1988 BAHRAIN
BELGIUM S ASIA
LUXEMBOURG AFGHANISTAN
FRANCE. INCL. ANDORRA AND MONACO INDIA
FRANCE, INCL ANDORRA AND MONACO, ends 12/1988 PAKISTAN
ANDORRA NEPAL
MONACO BANGLADESH
FRANCE SRI LANKA
GERMANY SOUTH ASIA, NEC
GERMANY, FED REPUBLIC; UNITED, begins 10/1990 BHUTAN
GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC, ends 9/1990 MALDIVES
AUSTRIA SOUTHEAST ASIA
SPAIN MYANMAR (BURMA)
PORTUGAL THAILAND
ITALY, INCL SAN MARINO AND VATICAN CITY VIETNAM
ITALY, INCL SAN MARINO AND VATICAN CITY, ends 12/1987 LAOS
SAN MARINO CAMBODIA
VATICAN CITY MALAYSIA
ITALY SINGAPORE
GREECE INDONESIA
COUNTRY GROUPING--CONTINUED
BRUNEI DJIBOUTI
PHILIPPINES UGANDA
EAST ASIA (does not exist) KENYA
JAPAN SEYCHELLES
CHINA (MAINLAND) BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY
OTHER EAST ASIA TANZANIA
MACAO (MACAU) MAURITIUS
MONGOLIA MOZAMBIQUE
NORTH KOREA MADAGASCAR (MALAGASY)
SOUTH KOREA FRENCH INDIAN OCEAN AREAS
HONG KONG COMOROS
CHINA (TAIWAN) REUNION (ISLAND, FRENCH)
OCEANIA FR SOUTHERN & ANTARCTIC LANDS
AUSTRALIA, INCL NORFOLK, COCOS, AND CHRIST REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
AUSTRALIA (NO ISLANDS) NAMIBIA
AUSTRALIA (NO ISLANDS), (=old code 6020) BOTSWANA
NORFOLK ISLAND ZAMBIA
COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS SWAZILAND
CHRISTMAS ISLAND(INDIAN OCEAN) ZIMBABWE
HEARD AND MCDONALD ISLANDS MALAWI
PAPUA NEW GUINEA LESOTHO
NEW ZEALAND, INCL. COOK, TOKELAU, AND NIUE UNIDENTIFIED COUNTRY
NEW ZEALAND, no islands (=old code 6140) USED IN SATELLITE LAUNCHING ONLY
COOK ISLANDS UNIDENTIFIED MILITARY
TOKELAU ISLANDS UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
NIUE PUERTO RICO
WESTERN SAMOA VIRGIN ISLAND OF THE U S
SOUTH PACIFIC ISLANDS, NEC (=old code 6220)
SOLOMON ISLANDS
VANUATU
PITCAIRN ISLAND
KIRIBATI
TUVALU
FRENCH PACIFIC ISLANDS (=old code 6410)
NEW CALEDONIA
WALLIS AND FUTUNA
FRENCH POLYNESIA
MICRONESIA (=old code 6809)
MARSHALL ISLANDS
MICRONESIA, FEDERATED STATES
PALAU
OTHER PACIFIC ISLANDS, NEC (=old code 6860)
NAURU
FIJI
TONGA
AFRICA
N AFRICA
MOROCCO
ALGERIA
TUNISIA
LIBYA
EGYPT
SUB-SAHARA
SUDAN
WESTERN SAHARA
EQUATORIAL GUINEA
MAURITANIA
CAMEROON
SENEGAL
MALI
GUINEA
SIERRA LEONE
IVORY COAST
GHANA
THE GAMBIA
NIGER
TOGO
NIGERIA
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
GABON
CHAD
ST HELENA
BURKINA FASO
BENIN
ANGOLA
CONGO
GUINEA-BISSAU
CAPE VERDE ISLANDS
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE
LIBERIA
ZAIRE
BURUNDI
RWANDA
SOMALIA
FORMER ETHIOPIA
FORMER ETHIOPIA, ends 12/1988
ERITREA, begins 7/1993
ETHIOPIA, United ends 6/1993 & New begins 7/1993
IV
SPECIAL NOTICE
This statistical report presents tables showing current and historical data on
U.S. foreign trade in agricultural products. Commodity and country
information are for the most recent 2-year period. Statistics for calendar
year 1998 are preliminary.
U.S. foreign agricultural trade statistics in this report were derived from
official data released by the Bureau of the Census. Agricultural commodities
are defined as (1) nonmarine food products and (2) other products of
agriculture, including fibers, raw hides and skins, fats and oils, and beer
and wine, which have not passed through complex processes of manufacture.
Such manufactured products as textiles, leather, boots and shoes, cigarettes,
naval stores, forestry products, and distilled alcoholic beverages are not
considered agricultural.
The trade statistics exclude shipments between the 50 States and Puerto Rico,
between the 50 States and the island possessions, between Puerto Rico and the
island possessions, among the island possessions, and in-transit through the
United States from one foreign country to another when documented as such by
the U.S. Customs Service.
Trade statistics for selected nonagricultural products, including fertilizer,
fish, agricultural chemicals, farm machinery, and manufactured tobacco, are
presented at the end of the commodity group tables.
Exports
Export data include "exports of domestic merchandise," defined as commodities
grown, produced, or manufactured in the United States, and commodities of
foreign origin that have been changed from the form in which they were
imported. The export value is generally equivalent to a free-alongside-ship
(f.a.s.) value at the United States port of export, based on the transaction
price and including inland transportation, insurance, and other costs.
Agricultural exports have been adjusted for transshipments through Canada
based on information provided by the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyard
Administration. More than 100 revisions have been incorporated into the 1997
and 1998 tables.
Imports
Import data are "imports for consumption, " which include entries for immediate
consumption and withdrawals from bonded customs warehouses. The import value
is defined as the "customs value," based on the foreign market value, export
value, or constructed value, and excludes import duties, freight, insurance,
and other charges incurred in moving the commodity to the United States port.
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LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
Abbreviation Description Abbreviation Description
ADV Advanced MED Medium
AG Agricultural MFG Manufactured
ALC, ALCO Alcohol MIDD Middlings
AM American MISC Miscellaneous
ANHYD Anhydrous MLD Milled
B/FAT Butterfat MLT Thousand liters
BEV Beverage MNO Thousand number
BIND Binder MT Metric tons
BLK Black (2,204.622 lb.
BOUQ Bouquet MUST Mustard
BRKN Broken N Not
C Cents N/O Not over
CD/CND Canned N/R Not for relief
CERT Certified NA Not available,
CHILL Chilled not applicable
CHOC Chocolate NAT Natural
CON, CONFECT Confectionery NEC Not elsewhere
CONC, CONCEN Concentrated classified
COND Condensed NECT Nectarines
CONN Connecticut NES Not elsewhere
CONT Container, specified
Containing NO Number
CRD Crude NONAG Nonagricultural
DEF, DEFAT Defatted NS PF Not specifically
DEVEL Developed provided for
DIA Diameter OC Ocean
DOL Dollars O/Q Over quota
DOZ Dozen ORIG Original
DR, DRD Dried OV Over
EU European OZ Ounce
Union P, PREP Prepared
ED Edible PRES Preserved
EQ Equivalent PAC Pacific
EVAP Evaporated PARB Parboiled
EVIS Eviscerated PEN Peninsula
EX, EXCL Excluding PKLD Pickled
EXT Extracts POWR, PWDR Powder
FERM Fermented PROD Products
FIB Fiber PROP Propelled
FL Flour PROT Protein
FLA Florida PUD Pudding
FLAV Flavored PT Platinum
FR, FRSH Fresh Q Quota
FROZ, FRZ, FZ Frozen R, REL Relief
GA Georgia RET Returned
GRAT Grating SP Special
GRN Grain SUB Substitute
HL Hectoliters SZ Size
INC, INCL Including TERR Territory
INED Inedible UNMFG Unmanufactured
IS Island(s) UNSH Unshelled
KER Kernel VAR Variety
LB Pound VEG Vegetable(s)
LF Leaf w/o Without
L, LV Loaves
MACH Machinery
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