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leaf are 167 companies operating more than 250 auction 

 warehouses. A well-estabhshed trade organization, the 

 Burley Auction Warehouse Association takes an active 

 role in maintaining market places for producers and 

 sellers. 



ix- continent markets 



Since the early national period, Kentucky tobacco 

 has had foreign outlets. The types now exported— and 

 for more than tlie past century— differ from those that 

 reached European importers via the Mississippi in the 

 late 18th century or went first to eastern ports of the 

 United States from early in the 19th century. 



Burley leaf is shipped to all continents. West 

 Germany, Sweden, Italy, Denmark, Switzerland, The 

 Netherlands, Japan and Thailand are the major buyers. 

 A little of it, though very little, even reaches sucli places 

 as Barbados, Israel and Ireland. In the broad field of 

 foreign markets the Burley and Dark Leaf Tobacco 

 Export Association functions as an agency to increase 

 consumer outlets for these leaf types. 



The first-cured types went chiefly to The Netherlands, 

 Switzerland, France and Belgium, with markets in all 

 continents taking small to fairly large amounts. The 

 large buyer of Green River tobacco is the United King- 

 dom. It is estimated that dark air-cured exports in 

 1971-72 will approximate about 2 million pounds, with 

 Tunisia, Belgium, and the United Kingdom the prin- 

 cipal markets. 



B 



lack Fat 



One Sucker tobacco is the principal raw ingredient in 

 an unusual commodity: Black Fat. This is supplied by 



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