Porto Rico Ciears 
From Porto Rico the U. S. ships about 125 
million cigars annually. 
Puiniprine Cicars 
The laws in force between the U. S. and the 
Philippine Islands, governing the tariff, provide 
for the importation annually from the Philip- 
pines to the U. S. free of import duties, of cigar 
wrapper leaf and filler leaf mixed or packed 
with more than 15 per cent of wrapper leaf, 
not in excess of 800,000 lbs. ; of filler leaf alone 
not in excess of 1,000,000 Ibs.; and manufac- 
tured cigars in number not exceeding 150,000,- 
000. The shipping must be direct. 
As the Philippine leaf is excellent and labor 
there is cheap, the U. S. smoker is thus enabled 
to get a very good smoke at a small cost. The 
full number of cigars allowed at least is im- 
ported. In 1913 the importation of Philippine 
cigars and cheroots to the U. 8. was 1,641,832 
Ibs. valued at $2,296,823. 
Home Manvuracturep Cicars ; 
For the home manufactured cigar trade the 
leaf used is either imported or home grown. 
Imported cigar leaf comes principally from 
Cuba, Dutch East Indies (Sumatra, Java, etc.), 
Porto Rico, Mexico, Brazil, and the Philippines. 
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