U.S. Manufacturers' Shipments of Confectionery Products 1/

                                             Per Capita  Per Capita
        Year        ----Shipments----       Consumption Consumption

                    Metric tons Million doll Kilograms    Dollars

               1981      1646.6       5,171        7.30        22.9
               1982      1722.8       5,650        7.57        24.8
               1983      1843.4       5,983        8.12        26.7
               1984     1,934.6       6,610        8.57        28.9
               1985     1,962.3       7,092        8.66        30.7
               1986     1,905.6       7,280        8.35        31.3
               1987     1,919.2       7,678        8.30        32.3
               1988     2,073.0       8,278        8.71        34.4
               1989     2,200.9       8,682        9.25        35.8
               1990     2,195.4       9,004        9.12        36.7
               1991     2,263.0       9,710        9.21        38.9
               1992     2,443.5      10,428        9.75        41.1
               1993     2,527.5      10,670        9.93        41.5
               1994     2,608.2      10,837       10.21        41.8
               1995     2,705.3      11,535       10.80        44.7
               1996     2,851.3      12,079       11.02        46.1

1/  Includes chocolate and non-chocolate confectionery, excluding chewing 
gum.

U.S. Confectionery Industry's Consumption of Selected Ingredients

     Ingredient            1995        1995        1996        1996

                    Metric tons 1,000 dollarMetric tons 1,000 dollar

Sugar                 1,298,389     746,950   1,312,741     739,121
Cocoa Beans             242,006     363,456     242,787     372,653
Corn Syrup (includes
 HFCS and dextrose)     754,780     201,665     849,377     225,594
Chocolate liquor:
  Imported               14,340      28,603      14,928      30,168
  Domestic               16,337      36,404      16,038      36,423
Cocoa Powder
 composition coating     17,266      19,297      18,915      20,892
Cocoa Cake or Powder     65,105      59,144      60,525      49,912
Cocoa Butter            151,524     335,843     154,083     357,964
Chocolate Coatings:
  Milk                  104,375     251,756     100,727     243,480
  Other than Milk        51,281     103,136      47,488      94,041
Fats and Oils           111,228     115,781     111,033     123,310
Milk and Milk Produc    241,376     370,891     228,568     371,965
Peanuts, Shelled Bas    153,168     221,293     158,164     230,138
Almond Kernels           22,045     113,054      20,083     110,160
Other Nuts & Nut Mea     10,335      54,359       8,761      50,653
Coconut Meat             10,158      15,025       9,394      14,816
Other Edible Materia    327,967     497,784     329,204     494,222

  Total (as reported 2/)          3,577,991               3,606,450

1/  Includes corn starch, essential oils, eggs and egg products, fruits,
jams, and other materials on which specific data were not collected.
2/  Some data withheld to avoid disclosing figures for individual 
companies.

Source:  U.S. Department of Commerce Report, 1997 MA20D, Confectionery

October 1997        Horticultural and Tropical Products Division, FAS/USDA

Last modified: Tuesday, May 08, 2001