18 CIRCULAR 249, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
TABLE 6.—Exports of fire-cured tobacco from the United States to principal Sneha 
countries, 1923-39 1 
VIRGINIA, TYPE 21 
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1924-28 | 1929-33 
Country to which exported | 1923 1934 | 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 2 
1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 
pounds pounds pounds pounds pounds pounds pounds pounds pounds 
United Kingdom_-_--_-_-_-_--- 5,909 | 2,852 1, 567 1, 620 1, 382 1, 603 1, 657 1, 238 197 
AGIStR alia quae eee Bees: 3,238 | 2,040 782 42 60 649 217 213 63 
Germany (ss- 22 es See ae 3,040 | 3,685 1, 844 1, 293 1, 213 993 962 1, 002 0 
INetherlands== === GRY || PLGA 1, 367 445 297 315 227 1, 013 608 
Chinaetes- 5-2 ee 2, 424 843 59 10 126 6 0 ) 0 
INOEWS Ya 28s ene ee eae 1,712 | 2,009 1, 619 1, 539 1,870 | 2,090 1,667 | 2,953 665 
Canada!) ot Se ee 1, 673 297 86 114 176 101 37 27 23 
Swedensss0 5 ee eee 1, 050 639 860 1, 169 UG GBY/ 1,161 546 739 638 
IDenmanks = eee eee 749 | - 219 313 250 150 75 290 128 111 
Beleiumet se eee 696 1, 118 1, 071 906 421 425 129 212 175 
Portigal 2323.22 See ee 494 640 275 600 258 267 462 218 339 
LAN CO2= = Se eee 313 1, 063 -160 56 20 34 46 846 0 
Othercountress = 3, 612 4, 346 Sh AYE || PR PRY PL aky/ 1,773 ipanul 1, 506 1,105 
Totale ake ee eae. 27,433 | 21,957 | 13,290 | 10, 281 9,896 | 9,492 7, 751 | 10,095 3, 924 
Percent | Percent | Percent | Percent | Percent | Percent | Percent | Percent | Percent 
Unitedskinedomss 222" PBI 13.0 11.8 15.8 14.0 16.9 21.4 1,83 5. 
= -AuStraliaege sas. oee ere 11.8 9.3 5.9 .4 .6 6.8 2.8 eal 1.6 
Germanyis-2. eee Taig al 16.8 13.9 12.6 12.3 10.5 12.4 9.9 20 
Netherlands. 3 = 9.2 10.1 10.3 4.3 3.0 33 2.9 10.0 15.5 
(O} Whats tome AR, Se ee eT eee 8.8 3.8 .4 > il 1.3 nll .0 0) @ 
INOEWaYe ee eee 6.2 9.1 12.2 15.0 18.9 22.0 PALES 29.3 16.9 
@anadas= 234 oe 6.1 ela4: .6 ipa 1.8 Neat <a 38 .6 
Sweden es ee eee 3. 8 2.9 6.5 11.4 ee 12.2 7.0 he 16.3 
DenmMarke: shee eee 2nt 1.0 2.4 2.4 1.5 .8 37/ 163} 2.8 
Belgium: 5s. see See 2.5 wl 8.1 8.8 4.3 4.5 ilo 7/ PA ik 4.5 
IPOrtuga le eee re ae 1.8 2.9 2.1 5.8 2.6 2.8 6.0 4,9 8.6 
WAN CGS2 2 at ae ee ee 54 4.8 i ai .2 .4 .6 8.4 .0 
Other countries_____----__-- 13.4 19.8 24.6 21.8 24.0 18.6 19.5 14.8 28.2 
KENTUCKY AND TENNESSEE, TYPES 22, 23, AND 24 
| } } ) i 
1,000 1,000 1,000 | 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 
pounds | pounds | pounds | pounds | pounds | pounds | pounds | pounds | pounds 
A ATI CGl ee es eee 34, 185 | 19,186 | 25,781 | 17,515 | 18,915 | 18,986 | 18, 452 | 17, 733 15, 129 
Spaine= 222 eS See ee Pay a) |) DUE GYATY || 761 BES || 1 pe 7, 844 0 0 981 10 
Beletumes 22-2 saa tie eee 18, 861 9, 207 | 8,441 5,502 | 4,606] 6, 587 3,414 | 4,224 1, 865 
IRAN hye ee a a Se 16,762 | 3,998 1,710 574 101 780 695 229 89 
Netherland sss 15,097 | 9,655 6, 817 2, 114 2, 296 6,227 | 6,721 5, 873 2, 309 
Germanyss ee 14, 621 | 10,840 | 7, 345 7, 015 3, 570 2, 202)| 2,300 1, 668 0 
United Kingdom_-__________ 135949 | t2N215 4° 6%r, | sn470)| 2eS42el Sa278u|l s2h016 1, 626 672 
FATS Cra iri eee ee ee 2, 326 2, 379 1, 586 141 85 124 | 91 293 817 
Switzerland ease =n ee 1, 224 L577 2, 016 14S le 520) eel On an 1 G94: 3, 327 2, 529 
Othercountricse =e | 26,555 | 24, 331 | 13,493 | 10, 164 | 11, 087 9, 963 10, 809 | 10, 466 6, 681 
A oye ees tee ae a '167, 089 |105, 058 | 79,001 | 60, 265 | 52,866 | 50,393 | 46,999 | 46,420 | 30,101 
Percent | Percent | Perceni | Percent | Percent | Percent | Percent | Percent | Percent 
Merial een Maca ecsee ge Braet 20. 4 18.3 32.6 29.1 35.8 37.7 39.3 38. 2 
Spalnsee as eae eee eats 14.1 yea 9.0 20.3 14.8 .0 .0 21 *) 
IRelormes ase oes a vera 11.3 8.8 10.7 9.1 8.7 13.1 | eo 9.1 | 6. 2 
[italy = ee eee 10.0 3.8 4,94 1.0 5 1a i baste) aay} .3 
Netherlands#==== 9.0 9 2 8.6 3.5 4.3 12S) 1S elon Tis it 
German yaseeeese ees eee 8.8 | 10.3 9.3 11.6 6.8 4.5 4.9 3. 6 | -0 
United Kingdom_-_:___-_____ Seo IEE 5.9 5.8 5.4 6.5 5.4 | 3.5 2.2 
Argentina. =i nen ae seas [molt 2.3 2.0 2am a2 ating .2 ty Bese 2 
Switzerland ease eee | Af 15 2.6 2.6 | 2.9 | 4.3 ACO u eee 8.4 
Othercountriess=a=======aee LGSOR ea 2oek ENS SSL GES3| 2050 19.8 2259) eeraoOe 22. 2 
! The export statistics are on the basis of a crop year beginning October. 
2 Preliminary. 
3 Beginning May 16, 1938, the United States trade with Germany includes Austria; for comparable figures 
in earlier years add those for Austriaand Germany. 
4 Less than 0.05 percent. 
Compiled from Monthly Summary of Foreign Commerce of the United States and officiel records of the 
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. 
Atr-CuRED 
The types of tobacco commonly known as air-cured are cigarette, 
smoking, chewing, and export types, as distinguished from cigar types, 
which are also air-cured but are grouped under other classifications. 
