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U.S. Bush Bean Imports by

U.S. Bush Bean Imports by Value by Region, 1998-2004 ($1,000)

Region*	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
North America	28,439	29,573	28,610	33,848	31,999	38,966	37,378
Caribbean	146	35	56	285	392	289	252
Central America	242	466	490	255	595	492	610
South America	66	65	90	146	127	325	539
European Union - 25	6	55	27	20	29	37	64
Other Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
East Asia	2	55	71	59	5	65	37
Middle East	0	4	8	2	7	0	0
North Africa	0	0	0	2	2	2	2
Sub-Saharan Africa	0	0	2	9	0	9	10
South Asia	0	0	0	10	8	32	2
Southeast Asia	0	6	0	0	3	0	0
Oceania	0	34	25	4	3	0	0
World Total	28,901	30,293	29,380	34,639	33,171	40,217	38,895

*List of countries in each region

U.S. Bush Bean Imports by Value by Region, 1991-1997 ($1,000)

Region*	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997
North America	10,831	13,408	15,698	17,777	23,275	24,709	29,094
Caribbean	6	21	12	1	9	79	174
Central America	105	104	116	250	139	147	76
South America	0	16	31	5	29	11	10
European Union - 25	40	32	35	17	21	11	23
Other Europe	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
East Asia	17	43	11	49	105	73	47
Middle East	0	0	2	5	0	4	0
North Africa	0	2	0	0	2	0	0
Sub-Saharan Africa	0	10	0	0	8	0	0
South Asia	0	0	3	0	18	0	0
Southeast Asia	8	1	40	0	7	2	0
Oceania	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
World Total	11,006	13,638	15,948	18,105	23,612	25,046	29,424

*List of countries in each region

U.S. Bush Bean Imports by Weight by Region, 1998-2004 (MT)

Region*	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
North America	23,456	23,371	26,351	27,265	29,629	29,427	28,744
Caribbean	104	29	36	203	333	267	266
Central America	262	376	350	254	520	347	447
South America	45	29	113	86	66	316	356
European Union - 25	3	80	10	8	58	41	30
Other Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
East Asia	0	74	56	52	5	137	62
Middle East	0	5	6	2	6	0	0
North Africa	0	0	0	2	2	2	2
Sub-Saharan Africa	0	0	1	5	0	10	13
South Asia	0	0	0	13	14	48	2
Southeast Asia	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
Oceania	0	63	45	1	1	0	0
World Total	23,869	24,031	26,968	27,891	30,634	30,596	29,922

*List of countries in each region

U.S. Bush Bean Imports by Weight by Region, 1991-1997 (MT)

Region*	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997
North America	13,578	13,746	13,353	16,475	19,633	22,621	24,494
Caribbean	2	9	5	1	6	57	134
Central America	155	88	102	309	181	196	111
South America	0	3	22	2	29	19	4
European Union - 25	19	11	18	8	11	3	10
Other Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
East Asia	14	17	12	61	118	54	33
Middle East	0	0	3	4	0	3	0
North Africa	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
Sub-Saharan Africa	0	7	0	0	8	0	0
South Asia	0	0	5	0	20	0	0
Southeast Asia	18	3	43	0	8	1	0
Oceania	0	0	0	0	0	22	0
World Total	13,786	13,886	13,562	16,859	20,013	22,974	24,786

*List of countries in each region

Source: Foreign Agricultural Service