Table 35 - Production of Abaca
		1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
		( . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . thousand tonnes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . )
Ecuador		13.7	14.0	12.4	13.1	12.5	12.5
Philippines		69.5	66.3	70.4	71.2	73.5	75.0
Other countries		2.3	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2
Total Above Countries		85.5	82.5	85.1	86.5	88.3	89.7

Table 36- Exports of Abaca: fibre and manufactures from producing countries
		1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
		( . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . thousand tonnes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . )
Ecuador
	Fibre	13.5	13.9	12.4	13.1	12.5	11.9
	Cordage 1/	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
	Total	13.6	14.0	12.5	13.1	12.5	11.9
Philippines	Fibre	17.9	17.8	17.8	19.2	21.0	21.5
	Cordage 1/	7.4	8.4	7.7	7.5	8.4	8.6
	Pulp 1/	13.2	13.5	15.0	13.1	15.3	15.7
	Other 1/	2.8	2.9	1.6	2.0	2.5	2.7
	Total	41.3	42.6	42.0	41.7	47.2	48.5
TOTAL EXPORTS		54.9	56.6	54.5	54.8	59.7	60.3
TOTAL (Fibre equivalent )
	Fibre	31.4	31.7	30.2	32.3	33.5	33.4
	Cordage 2/	7.9	9.0	8.2	7.9	8.8	9.0
	Pulp 2/	26.4	27.0	30.0	26.1	30.7	31.4
	Other 2/	3.1	3.2	1.7	2.2	2.8	3.0
	TOTAL	68.9	70.8	70.1	68.5	75.8	76.8
	Of which:
	Philippines	55.2	56.9	57.7	55.4	63.2	64.3
	Ecuador	13.7	14.0	12.4	13.1	12.5	12.5

Table 37 - Abaca: Prices of representative grades, 1992-2001 1/
			PHILIPPINES						ECUADOR
									Average export unit value
	Hand-cleaned non-Davao
	S2	G	JK		Indicator Price 2/				(all grades)
	f.o.b. Manila port				f.o.b.		c.i.f.		f.o.b.
	US $ per 125 Kg. bale				US$ / bale		US$ / tonne		US$ / bale
Annual average
1992	194	173	107		157.6		1 462.0		92.2
1993	200	170	135		168.4		1 547.0		91.6
1994	204	176	150		176.7		1 613.3		98.2
1995	188	160	150		166.0		1 529.0		123.4
1996	205	160	152		172.0		1 577.0		134.1
1997	184	147	145		159.0		1 472.2		136.1
1998	147	132	121		133.6		1 269.1		123.4
1999	174	154	126		152.8		1 422.4		100.2
2000 average	160	139	112		136.9		1 295.5		78.7
January	175	150	120		148.3		1 386.7		63.7
February	174	149	118		147.0		1 376.0		78.9
March	170	146	116		144.0		1 352.0		72.4
April	165	145	115		141.7		1 333.3		85.3
May	162	142	114		139.3		1 314.7		51.3
June	162	142	109		137.7		1 301.3		76.7
July	159	138	108		135.0		1 280.0		93.3
August	156	135	110		133.7		1 269.3		92.2
September	155	135	110		133.3		1 266.7		83.1
October	150	132	110		130.7		1 245.3		86.3
November	145	128	111		128.0		1 224.0		79.9
December	142	124	108		124.7		1 197.0		80.6
2001 average	121	110	102		111.1		1 088.4		87.6
January	135	120	107		120.7		1 165.3		90.9
February	128	118	106		117.3		1 138.7		60.8
March	128	118	106		117.3		1 138.7		99.3
April	122	112	105		113.0		1 104.0		74.7
May	122	111	105		112.7		1 101.3		82.8
June	123	111	102		112.0		1 096.0		91.5
July	120	108	102		110.0		1 080.0		93.5
August	118	108	102		109.3		1 074.7		89.4
September	114	104	99		105.7		1 045.3		86.5
October	114	104	98		105.3		1 042.7		106.2
November	113	104	98		105.0		1 040.0		94.9
December	113	104	96		104.3		1 034.7		91.7

Table 38 - Abaca : Imports of fibre and manufactures
	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
	( . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000 tonnes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . )
FIBRE
WORLD	32.02	33.22	32.40	32.68	37.56
DEVELOPED	30.81	32.70	31.94	32.49	37.46
North America	9.33	9.70	7.45	6.62	7.69
Canada	0.05	0.10	0.05	0.03	0.10
U.S.A.	9.23	9.60	7.40	6.59	7.59
Europe	15.34	15.42	16.03	18.70	21.86
EC (15)	15.26	15.33	15.98	18.60	21.76
France	0.00	0.07	0.00	0.02	0.01
Italy	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.08	0.07
Spain	1.55	1.82	2.56	3.12	2.89
U.K.	13.69	13.42	13.37	15.33	18.73
Other Developed	6.14	7.58	8.46	7.17	7.90
Japan	5.94	7.38	8.25	6.95	7.70
DEVELOPING	1.21	0.52	0.46	0.19	0.10
MANUFACTURES
WORLD	10.63	11.51	12.16	11.93	13.39
DEVELOPED	7.63	8.44	9.09	8.91	10.33
North America	5.80	6.56	6.57	5.41	5.94
Canada	0.22	0.23	0.23	0.23	0.22
U.S.A.	5.58	6.33	6.35	5.19	5.72
Europe	1.50	1.65	2.19	2.06	2.04
EC (15)	1.54	1.65	2.19	2.05	2.02
France	0.29	0.39	0.68	0.67	0.27
Germany	0.12	0.15	0.20	0.17	0.16
Ireland	0.20	0.16	0.20	0.10	0.18
Denamark	0.12	0.18	0.24	0.16	0.13
Netherlands	0.37	0.30	0.36	0.25	0.33
U.K.	0.21	0.30	0.32	0.50	0.74
Other developed	0.32	0.24	0.33	1.43	2.35
DEVELOPING	3.00	3.07	3.07	3.02	3.06