Tuo udichoitsc cmphnjccs blending Pcrique with "Kentucky" 

 and "Honduras" tobaccos for an overseas buyer. 



valued at $293,000. This included, of course, Peiique 

 on storage from several previous years. Most of the 

 tobacco exported went to Great Britain. Other import- 

 ing countries included West German\', Italy, Switzer- 

 land, Canada and Australia. 



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liolesalers and retailers 



The tobacco industrv in Louisiana contributed to the 

 state's economy by ways other than just plant cultiva- 

 tion. There are 22,000 retail outlets in the state which 

 distribute cigarettes and otiier tobacco products repre- 

 senting about $184.5 million in sales in 1972. At the 

 wholesale level, sales of tobacco products came to 

 more than $110 million. 



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