10 CIRCULAR 249, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
the second World War, exports decreased by reason of changes in 
economic conditions abroad, increasing competition‘ of flue- cured to- 
bacco produced in China, Southern Rhodesia, Nyasaland, Canada, 
etc., (fig. 5) and to various impediments to foreign trade inaugurated 
POUNDS 
(MILLIONS) 
200 
150 
100 
50 Southern ———., Ganada 
Rhodesia K 
1930 ~ 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 
YEAR BEGINNING JULY 
© ESTIMATED DATA FOR 1940 ARE PRELIMINARY 
AMA 506 
FrGuRE 5.—This chart shows the rapid increase in production of flue-cured to- 
bacco in specified foreign countries, 1930-40. This increase has been responsible 
for the loss of much foreign trade in American flue-cured tobacco. The rapid 
rise of production in China was interrupted by the outbreak of the Sino- 
Japanese War in 1937. 
by countries striving to regulate their foreign trade in the interest of 
national self-sufficiency. Since the outbreak of the second World 
War, now in progress, exports of tobacco have been greatly reduced 
by blockades and by rigid restrictions upon the use of dollar exchange. 
Tables 1, 2, and 3 present statistics of flue-cured tobacco. 
TABLE 1.—Flue-cured tobacco: Acreage, production, and price, 1909-40 
OLD BELT, TYPE 1! 
Year | Acreage ¥ ine ee Production et "| Crop value 
Acres Pounds °|1,000 pounds Cents 1,009 dollars 
SQOQ 2 ete ee SR a eee ORG oe ARNE Ss Oem 215, 600 603 129, 969 9.9 12, 867 
Atveraga O10 =19" ee ee ee ee alee 249, 620 626 153, 827 FAH 35, 294 
Avverage; 1920-20 = ss eS a ee Pe 382, 080 627 240, 318 21.4 petty, 
9303 e sae en at a ie 435, 000 677 294, 600 10.9 32, 224 
JOST a Bo PS eee ee se Se eee 364, 000 647 235. 560 5) 17, 769 
193 ea eee ee ae ne eae 244, 000 580 141, 446 10.6 15, 060 
19332 scene ia on 2 ee te Wale PAN ey 328, 000 714 234, 245 16.5 38, 689 
DAYS Y, Ea ee oe Oe ogre eel fee ea Se es Ore 260, 500 761 198, 225 28. 2 55, 992 
O85 oS ee eee a as ee 330, 500 878 290, 330 19.7 57, 060 
OSG see 8s es Pe ae ees 327, 500 750 245, 625 22.6 55, 485 
a RUSS Y (Re are els Rm ie aed eer es r We OS, Meme eS NE 370, 000 771 285, 400 22.8 65, 099 
YAY 12 Pep ieee a SOR EL Sie co ne en an SR 347, 000 770 267, 280 22.1 58, 978 
O39 Ss Stee 3 ae ete BS ee ee ae ioe 454, 000 863 392, 000 14.9 58, 371 
QA ie ek pee he ee ee sen eee 268, 000 924 247, 535 16.6 41, 154 
See footnotes at end of table. 
