Reporting Period: January 1998

	January 1998	December 1997	January 1997
Manufactured or received from Puerto Rico
Cigarettes - Small	60,757,486,114	48,252,906,410	68,576,505,325
Cigarettes - Large	0	0	0
Cigars - Small	134,420,798	112,023,963	111,422,000
Cigars - Large	260,525,776	212,373,967	170,484,957
Snuff	5,024,650	3,110,244	4,959,854
Chewing Tobacco	4,998,189	4,518,592	5,295,535
Pipe Tobacco	469,710	513,574	610,064
Removed Taxable including from Puerto Rico
Cigarettes - Small	35,885,398,343	42,216,335,575	37,698,941,339
Cigarettes - Large	0	0	0
Cigars - Small	119,163,415	104,907,493	121,748,200
Cigars - Large, Class A	148,242	132,667	53,181
Class B	2,510,283	2,911,258	2,902,238
Class C	446,829	294,823	334,285
Class D	8,895,528	10,445,301	9,528,136
Class E	9,583,600	5,183,810	2,681,900
Class F	58,991,365	58,249,905	81,334,165
Class G	134,352,230	141,616,594	103,495,105
Class H	16,969,366	17,713,412	9,319,253
Total Large	231,897,443	236,547,770	209,648,263
Snuff	4,694,169	3,510,013	4,841,863
Chewing Tobacco	4,188,437	4,926,342	4,267,232
Pipe Tobacco	449,782	531,926	497,732
Removed Tax Exempt - Cigarettes
Small - Export	16,534,658,900	17,164,846,380	20,220,301,532
Transfer to Export Warehouses	209,903,000	398,936,000	448,540,000
Use of the U.S.	24,000	24,000	84,000
Personal Consumption/Experimental	11,628,776	13,074,073	13,715,417
Total Small	16,756,214,676	17,576,880,453	20,682,640,949
Large	0	0	0
Removed Tax Exempt - Cigars
Small - Export	7,416,000	3,916,144	3,986,000
Transfer to Export Warehouses	0	383,410	12,000
Use of the U.S.	0	0	6,000
Personal Consumption/Experimental	13,976	2,773	10,700
Total Small	7,429,975	4,302,327	4,014,700
Large-Export	12,246,552	8,121,591	6,469,800
Transfer to Export Warehouses	272,800	1,787,780	395,600
Use of the U.S.	0	0	12,000
Personal Consumption/Experimental	39,145	58,901	43,126
Total Large	12,558,497	9,968,272	6,920,526
Removed Tax Exempt - Smokeless Tobacco
Snuff-Export and To Export Warehouses	57,661	51,214	71,570
Other	1,093	996	2,588
Chewing Tobacco- Export & to Export Warehouses	135	48,473	11,977
Other	485	447	546
Removed Tax-Exempt - Pipe Tobacco
Export and To Export Warehouses	19,303	36,641	36,835
Other	0	0	0

ON HAND / CLOSE OF BUSINESS	January 1998	December 1997	January 1997
Cigarettes - Small	39,003,982,821	32,349,208,076	38,969,607,811
Cigarettes - Large	0	0	0
Cigars - Small	183,009,727	171,672,741	130,852,079
Cigars - Large	247,237,899	185,442,998	176,429,806
Snuff	2,113,789	1,104,362	1,885,567
Chewing Tobacco	2,634,159	1,755,749	2,432,046
Pipe Tobacco	233,374	235,621	367,701

	January 1998	December 1997	January 1997
IMPORTED FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES Entered/Withdrawn for Consumption (As reported by the Bureau of the Census)
Cigarettes - TOTAL	222,264,000	286,935,000	254,224,000
Cigars - Small	1,585,000	3,022,000	2,634,000
Cigars - Large, Class A-G	2,850,000	6,865,000	2,053,000
Cigars - Large, Class H	26,009,000	54,827,000	23,839,000
Total Large Cigars	28,859,000	61,692,000	25,892,000
Snuff	2,121	0	0
Chewing Tobacco	7,362	5,741	12,019
Pipe Tobacco	62,769	101,171	51,153
Released to Domestic Factories Without Payment of Tax (Included in above category)
Cigarettes - Small	54,000	0	119,081,800
Cigarettes - Large	0	0	0
Cigars - Small	0	0	0
Cigars - Large	0	0	0
Snuff	0	0	635,002
Chewing Tobacco	0	0	0
Pipe Tobacco	0	0	0