Table 30 - Production of Sisal, Henequen and other similar hard fibres.
	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
	( . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . thousand tonnes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . )
SISAL:
Africa, total	72.7	61.2	61.0	60.0	48.3	59.0
Angola	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.5	0.5	0.5
Ethiopia	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.7
Kenya	28.3	21.1	20.3	21.9	11.5	20.7
Madagascar	13.6	12.4	11.2	11.5	10.5	10.5
Mozambique	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
South Africa	2.7	2.7	2.6	2.5	2.6	2.5
Tanzania	24.5	21.4	23.2	20.6	20.5	22.1
Latin America, total	144.2	158.7	135.5	128.5	137.7	143.4
Brazil	121.4	137.9	115.9	110.0	125.0	130.0
Haiti	7.7	6.5	5.6	3.7	0.9	2.1
Jamaica	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3
Venezuela	14.8	14.0	13.7	14.5	11.5	11.0
Other countries	49.0	48.0	42.0	36.0	38.0	40.0
China	49.0	48.0	42.0	36.0	38.0	40.0
TOTAL SISAL	265.9	267.9	238.5	224.5	224.0	242.4
Henequen :
Cuba	2.5	2.5	2.0	1.9	1.7	1.5
Mexico	37.0	36.9	35.0	35.0	35.0	35.0
Other countries 1/	6.4	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5
Total Henequen	45.9	45.9	43.5	43.4	43.2	43.0
Total Sisal & Henequen	311.8	313.8	282.0	267.9	267.2	285.4
Other Hard Fibres:
Fique (Colombia)	33.4	23.8	23.1	21.3	19.4	19.6
Phormium tenax 2/	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0
Other hard fibres 3/	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0
Total, Other Hard Fibres	50.4	40.8	40.1	38.3	36.4	36.6
Total Above Fibres 4/	362.2	354.6	322.1	306.2	303.6	322.0

Table 31 - Sisal and henequen fibres and manufactures: Exports from producing countries 1/
		1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
		( . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . thousand tonnes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . )
Brazil
	fibre	34.1	29.0	33.7	28.2	29.7	32.0
	cordage	50.8	79.6	61.3	56.6	62.0	65.0
	Total	84.9	108.6	95.0	84.8	91.7	97.0
Haiti
	fibre	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
	cordage	2.6	2.5	2.2	1.2	1.1	1.1
	Total	2.6	2.5	2.2	1.2	1.1	1.1
Kenya
	fibre	22.5	19.4	17.9	16.2	15.6	15.9
	cordage	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
	oth. manuf.	4.8	4.5	3.2	1.2	1.4	1.4
	Total	27.3	23.9	21.1	17.5	17.0	17.3
Madagascar
	fibre	10.5	3.8	2.6	7.9	9.3	10.0
	cordage	1.3	1.2	0.3	0.8	0.6	0.6
	Total	11.7	5.0	2.9	8.7	9.9	10.6
Mexico
	fibre	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
	cordage	11.2	9.4	7.0	7.2	7.2	7.3
	Total	11.3	9.5	7.1	7.2	7.2	7.3
Mozambique
	fibre	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5
	cordage	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5
	Total	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
Tanzania
	fibre	3.1	3.5	13.3	12.5	11.5	12.6
	cordage	8.5	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
	pulp	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
	other prod.	3.0	4.0	3.1	2.0	3.2	8.0
	Total	15.6	10.5	16.4	14.5	14.7	20.5
China
	fibre	3.4	0.9	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.2
	cordage	3.6	3.5	2.2	3.0	3.0	3.0
	Total	7.0	4.3	2.5	3.3	3.2	3.2
Europe
	fibre	3.1	3.1	2.2	3.0	3.3	3.4
	manufactures	32.8	30.6	29.5	27.9	27.0	27.0
	Total	35.9	33.7	31.7	30.9	30.3	30.4
Other countries 2/
	fibre	0.1	1.0	1.0	0.7	0.6	0.6
	cordage	7.7	10.1	13.0	13.5	14.0	14.2
	Total	7.8	11.1	14.0	13.6	14.6	14.8
WORLD
	Fibre	77.4	61.3	71.7	69.3	70.7	75.2
	Manufactures	127.7	148.9	122.4	114.1	119.9	128.1
	TOTAL	205.1	210.2	194.1	183.3	190.7	203.2

Table 32 - Sisal: Prices of representative grades, 1992-2001 1/
		East African		Brazil
	3L	UG	Indicative Price	No.3	Indicative Price
	( . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . US $ per tonne c.i.f. European ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . )
Annual average
1992	509	479	590	370	525
1993	668	616	560	451	490
1994	772	654	580	542	510
1995	776	721	660	582	550
1996	976	870	660	660	550
1997	925	781	860	647	630
1998	965	823	860	578	630
1999	871	688	860	527	630
2000 average	785	635	860	442	630
January	710	550	860	430	630
February	700	550	860	430	630
March	750	600	860	430	630
April	800	625	860	430	630
May	800	650	860	430	630
June	800	650	860	430	630
July	800	650	860	440	630
August	800	650	860	450	630
September	800	650	860	450	630
October	820	680	860	460	630
November	820	680	860	460	630
December	820	680	860	460	630
2001 average	843	699	860	449	630
January	820	695	860	460	630
February	850	720	860	460	630
March	875	750	860	460	630
April	875	750	860	460	630
May	875	750	860	460	630
June	875	700	860	460	630
July	880	700	860	460	630
August	850	685	860	450	630
September	800	650	860	440	630
October	800	650	860	440	630
November	800	670	860	420	630
December	820	670	860	420	630
Table 33 - Estimated market prices for agricultural twines made from sisal/henequen and polypropylene
	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Sisal Baler Twine	( . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . US $ / Bale of 40 lbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . )
Western Europe	14.80 - 19.00	17.00 - 19.00	17.00 - 18.00	15.00 - 16.00	12.50-15.00	13.50-15.00
United States	19.00 - 20.00	18.20 - 19.25	18.00 - 19.00	17.00 - 18.00	14.00-16.00	13.00-16.00
Indicative Price	18.00	20.00	20.00	20.00	20.00	20.00
PP Baler Twine	( . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . US $ / Bale of 10 kg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . )
Western Europe	13.50 - 22.00	13.50	10.00 - 11.00	11.00 - 13.00	11.52	11.52
United States	15.75 - 22.38	13.00	15.00 - 16.00	16.00 - 17.00	12.96	12.96

Table 34 - Sisal : Imports of manufactures
	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
	( . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000 tonnes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .)
WORLD	121.2	135.2	93.1	84.9	101.8
DEVELOPED	107.5	119.1	81.0	75.3	91.3
North America	66.3	87.2	48.8	43.7	60.4
Canada	8.6	8.8	8.9	6.4	6.5
U.S.A.	57.7	78.4	39.9	37.2	53.7
Europe	37.7	28.5	26.3	25.5	24.8
EC (15)	36.9	28.0	25.3	24.7	23.9
Austria	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.3
Belgium-Lux	4.2	2.7	2.3	1.9	2.6
Denmark	3.8	2.5	2.5	2.0	1.5
Finland	0.8	0.7	0.5	0.4	0.3
France	5.2	5.7	4.9	5.0	5.6
Germany	10.8	7.2	6.2	6.6	5.9
Greece	0.6	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.4
Ireland	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0
Italy	3.8	2.5	1.7	2.1	1.9
Netherlands	3.4	2.4	2.8	3.4	2.6
Portugal	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.3	0.1
Spain	0.9	0.7	0.8	0.7	0.7
Sweden	1.7	1.2	1.4	0.9	0.8
U.K.	1.5	1.7	1.6	1.1	1.2
Other Europe	0.8	0.5	1.0	0.9	0.9
Former USSR	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.1	2.0
Azerbaijan	-	-	2.0	2.0	2.0
Estonia	-	-	0.02	0.03	0.03
Latvia	-	-	-	0.02	0.01
Oceania	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.2	1.0
Australia	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
Other Developed	2.4	2.4	2.9	2.9	3.0
Japan	2.0	2.1	2.5	2.5	2.5
South Africa	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.5
DEVELOPING 1/	13.7	16.1	12.1	9.6	10.5
Latin America	0.1	0.6	0.9	0.7	0.8
Argentina	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.2
El Salvador	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.4	0.5
Near East	0.1	1.8	3.4	1.3	1.5
Iran	-	1.6	3.0	1.0	1.0
Jordan	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.2
Far East	1.5	1.8	2.4	1.6	2.4
China	1.1	1.1	1.3	1.1	0.8
Indonesia	0.3	0.6	1.1	0.3	1.3