is imported, as no tobacco is grown in Egypt. 
The peculiar flavor of Egyptian Turkish cigar- 
ettes is due to special methods known only to 
the makers there. 
The crop of Turkish tobacco, particularly 
of the better kinds suitable for cigarettes, is 
small and less than half of it is exported. The 
supply of genuine Turkish cigarette tobacco 
is, therefore, strictly limited and does not find 
its way into ordinary channels. Much of so- 
called “Turkish” tobacco comes from China, 
and other parts of Asia. From Turkey, in 
Europe, the United States annually imports at 
present about ten million lbs., the actual 
government figures for 1913 being 10,816,048 
Ibs. valued at about 514 million dollars. 
From Turkey in Asia the imports in 1912 
were 11,233,546 Ibs., and in 1913, 18,955,295, 
this latter being valued at nearly 5 million dol- 
lars.’ It does not follow that all this latter is 
Turkish. It was probably in large part col- 
lected from distant points and shipped from 
ports in Asia Minor. The imports of Turkish 
tobacco during 1914 are considerably reduced 
on account of the war. 
One American company which does an 
immense business in the cigarette line main- 
tains at Cavallo a large establishment for the 
direct purchase and treatment of its own 
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