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AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS 



The value of Montana agricultural commodities exported during the year 

 ending September 30, 1987, totaled 264.6 million, up nearly four fold from 

 the previous fiscal year. Wheat and wheat products accounted for nearly 

 three-fourths of the total value of exports for the state. 



Value of United States agricultural commodities exported for the year 

 ending September 30, 1987, increased 6 percent from the previous fiscal 

 year. Wheat and wheat products accounted for about 11 percent of the 

 total value of the nation exports. 



Because of the impact of drouth on the '85 Montana wheat and barley 

 crop, export revenues dropped sharply for the '86 fiscal year but 

 recovered in 1987. North Dakota ranked number 1 in the export of wheat 

 and products in '87 followed by Kansas, Washington, Oklahoma and Montana. 

 Japan was the Number One customer if U.S. agricultural products followed 

 by the Netherlands, Canada and South Korea. 



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AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS 

 MONTANA and U.S., 1986 - 1987 1/ 



1/ Fiscal year ending September 30. 



SOURCE: Foreign Agricultural Trade of the U.S., March/April 1988, 



