WwW CIRCULAR 249, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
TABLE 2.—Flue-cured tobacco: Production, stocks, and disappearance, 1919-40 
ALL FLUE-CURED, TYPES 11-14 
Stocks July 1 Disappear- 
Year Production farm-sales | Total supply | ance begin- 
weight ning July 1 
Million Million Million Million 
pounds pounds pounds pounds 
ge ses Oo Pie ee ere ee REY LOE ene Nea es Ae a 476.9 379.6 856. 5 504. 0 
A VeTaAge-1920=29) 2 2 > Moers Sew SN eee eee eS 575. 1 541.3 1, 116.4 540. 0 
LQ (oa NE ek Eee oy RE ee ot Nee 865. 2 703. 4 1, 568. 6 774.1 
dO a ee raf OTL eats oe Se eee Oe emia eee le Np cere 669. 5 794. 5 1, 464. 0 597. 0 
O32 eee a es tS a iret Ss SRL Oe ere meres 373. 7 867. 0 1, 240.7 564. 9 
LOB Sees ce ee Sa Ie RO gee a ee Ee LY 733. 4 675.8 1, 409. 2 646. 2 
a RY Ns crete aa Niae iene ale ee ee Chey pete ee Ee rey aaa 556. 8 763.0 1, 319.8 567. 2 
3 5 ee NR ees RUE CPA IRE eta ee. Le eee Oe 811.2 752. 6 1, 563.8 692. 5 
TKO RY Giese Se is ee ean cee Wart oy 682.8 871.3 1, 554. 1 670.9 
OB (pa ates Rete BO raw ee oe eee oe et a Oe a ee ee 866. 3 883. 2 1, 749.5 795.0 
L938 bee le ie Wea at title Pyne en Oe eat Dame 785. 7 954. 5 1, 740. 2 793.9 
1A 10 ek BL we a a ea eee OD, pe SEM ce ees oS ee 1, 168.8 946.3 2elblon 705. 4 
GA Qed oe peas ee as ee ee ee ee 1755. 8 1, 409. 7 2516555 ples ees 
1 Preliminary. 
Stocks prior to Apr. 1, 1929, were compiled from reports of the Bureau of the Census. 
Exports of flwe-cured tobacco from the United States to principal importing 
countries, 1923-39 } 
TABLE 3. 
Aver- | Aver- 
age 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 2 
Country to which exported | 1923 age 
1924-28 | 1929-33 
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_.________- 120, 802 |143, 610 |160, 549 |152, 389 |226, 631 |170, 478 |237, 459 |228, 310 97, 226 
Chinas avails Beer ae eee 53, 097 | 83, 098 |102, 632 | 28,976 | 24,039 | 438,096 | 40,162 | 53, 854 58, 921 
INTRA REN So a ee le 17, 960 | 19,293 | 14,641 | 14,818 | 18,120 | 19,407 | 18,014 | 20, 805 20, 748 
Germanys4eee eee ee 25, 792 | 10, 425 7, 985 1,102 |} 6,619 2,726 | 4,641 4, 972 808 
INetherland sae seeee eee 12, 060 6,597 | 8,188 3, 604 7,107 | 9,017 7,928 | 6,202 18, 810 
JAPAN ee eee eee ete 25 Del OS20 25 avarios 9, 370 6,702 | 9,909 1, 718 0 0 
@anad ateecs Se sak So eye 9, 296 | 12,059 | 10, 197 Gey | 2oiR 3,748 | 3,679 2, 806 6, 353 
IBTItISHeINnd aa 3, 846 5, 186 2, 857 1,659 | 2,299} 2,901 2,968 | 3, 623 Sr 
Bel oi time kee ee ee ee 3, 225 2, 358 2, 979 1, 878 2,365 | 4,809 by GY 3, 267 3, 697 
Othercountrieshess a 8, 633 | 19,845 | 31,871 | 22,861 | 24,767 | 36,549 | 39,793 | 38,662 | 41, 857 
Motalasse ween See Oe ee 265, 966 |312, 673 |349, 622 |244, 474 |322, 792 |302, 640 |361, 919 |362, 501 | 252, 208 
Percent| Percent! Percent) Percent| Percent! Percent| Percent) Percent) Percent 
United Kingdom__________- 45.4 45.9 45.9 62. 3 70. 2 56.3 65. 6 63. 0 38.5 
Ching 3) Saas se ee 20.0 26.6 29.4 11.9 7.4 14.2 11.1 14.9 23.4 
SAUIStraliae 8 mea eae a 6.8 6.2 4.2 6.1 5.6 6.4 5.0 SW 7h 8.2 
Germanys eee 9.7 3.3 253 aD 2.1 .9 1S 1.4 To 
INetherlandse2=s2 === 4.5 PIAL 2.3 16) 252 3.0 PX 9. LZ, Ta 
Ai y are) a pemiecanes Pee eee ee a as 4.2 3.3 BW 3.8 al 3a 50) .0 .0 
Canada’ ees eee 3.5 3.9 2.9 Sue 1.3 Hee? 1.0 .8 2.5 
IBritisSheln di aes eee 1.4 iL, 2 .8 a <i 1.0 .8 is) Heo 
Relsiumi se ee ae ee 11894 .8 9 .8 54 1.6 5 .9 US & 
Other countries______..-__-- 33 8 6.2 9.1 9.2 ot 119211 11.0 10.6 16.6 
1 | 
1 The export statistics are on the basis of a crop year beginning July. 
2 Preliminary. 
3 Includes Hong Kong and Kwantung. : 
4 Beginning May 16, 1938, the United States trade with Germany includes Austria; for comparable figures 
in earlier years add those for Austria and Germany. 
Compiled from Monthly Summary of Foreign Commerce of the United States and official records of 
the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. 
