THE. WORLD’S PRODUCTION OF 
TOBACCO 
The world’s recorded annual crop of tobacco 
leaf is over one million tons. The latest 
government figures available are those for 1912 
and 1918, and show 2,696,401,379 and 
2,722,190,030 lbs. respectively. Of this amount 
Asia and America produce each about 350,000 
tons, Europe about 250,000 tons and the rest 
of the world the balance. 
The details of the production in the U. S. 
will be given in the next chapter. 
The principal Asiatic countries which pro- 
duce tobacco are China, Japan, Afghanistan, 
India, Persia and Asia, Minor. China has an 
immense production and consumption of tobac- 
co, a large portion of which finds its way into 
western markets for the cigar and cigarette 
trade and is sold as “Turkish” tobacco. No 
figures as to production are available. 
British India and Afghanistan produce good 
tobacco, a lot of which is used in Hindustan and 
other Eastern countries. 
The Persian crop is known to be large, but 
there are no available records of it. In Persia 
most of the tobacco raised is of the species 
known as Nicotiana Persica. This is generally 
known under its trade name of Tumbach or 
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