AMERICAN TOBACCO TYPES, USES, AND MARKETS 103 
Export statistics are presented herein on the basis of calendar 
years. Itis to be noted, however, that the period during which a given 
year’s production is exported does not usually correspond to the 
calendar-year basis but follows more nearly the marketing season. 
Tobacco exports are distributed throughout the year but are subject 
to seasonal variation. The marketing season for flue-cured tobacco, 
for example, begins about the last week in July or first week in August 
for type 14, produced in Georgia and Florida; early in August for 
type 13, South Carolina; late in August or early in September for 
type 12 in eastern North Carolina; and later in September for type 11 
in North Carolina and Virginia. The exports of flue-cured tobacco 
are relatively small during the summer months and for a time after 
the opening of the market. A sharp” increase usually occurs in 
September, indicating that the 1935 crop of flue-cured tobacco, for 
example, was exported during a period that began in September 
of that year and continued at least through August 1936. With 
respect to all types of which significant quantities are exported, it is 
safe to assume a lag of at least 1 month between the opening of the 
marketing season and the beginning of the export year. The mar- 
keting seasons for various types are shown in figure 36, p. 78. 
Statistics on exports showing the quantities of tobacco and tobacco 
products sent to the principal importing countries are continued in 
tables 31 and 32. 
TABLE 31.—Exzports of all leaf tobacco from the United States to principal importing 
countries, 1923-89 } 
Importing country 1923 | 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 
| | ff STS 
1,000 lb. | 1,000 lb. | 1,000 lb. | 1,000 lb. | 1,000 1b. | 1,000 lb. | 1,009 1b. | 1,000 lb. 
United Kingdom ___-| 2? 154, 558 | 2 159,697 | 171,115 | 149,720 | 182,542 | 173,671 | 214, 598 193, 816 
@hinareec= So ss <2 40, 959 72, 014 82, 598 85, 792 51,359 | 160,391 | 100,675 109, 504 
Germany___________- 36, 719 44, 165 21, 587 27, 854 31, 387 30, 164 20, 461 23, 044 
Ttalivyea stl anne 34, 316 16, 846 11, 263 5, 814 3, 262 1, 817 3, 368 3, 881 
Mrances se =) 25 sss 30,171 41, 803 21, 723 49, 573 38, 082 21, 447 35, 840 56, 517 
Beleium ss se pes 33, 789 24, 442 14, 255 21, 592 26, 293 15, 679 13, 752 16, 609 
Netherlands_-_______- Pls 018} 41, 625 20, 803 29, 566 27, 483 23, 788 21, 731 23, 273 
Australia___._.______ 1 23,344 20, 652 22, 577 23, 356 19, 812 21, 167 19, 915 28, 739 
SDainees ee See 16, 288 31, 931 | 15, 031 1, 483 20, 829 17, 036 12, 929 1,058 
Canadas uate eo 11, 357 15, 708 11, 956 15, 508 15, 394 16, 097 14, 511 14, 146 
Othensse 2. ee eee 65, 286 77, 672 75, 563 68, 515 89, 809 94,155 97, 567 90, 371 
Totals -sese 474,500 | 546,555 | 468,471 | 478,773 | 506,252 | 575,412 | 555, 347 560, 958 
Percent | Percent | Percent | Percent | Percent | Percent | Percent | Percent 
United Kingdom ___- 32.6 29. 2 36. 5 31.3 36. 1 30. 2 38. 6 34. 6 
Chinas 222 esse 8.6 13. 2 17.6 17.9 10.1 27.9 18.1 19.5 
German yen see Ue 8.1 4.6 5.8 6. 2 jae Su 4.1 
Nita vA eae Uo?) Bh al 2. 4 12 .6 .3 6 atl 
MTrances-. 3682 6. 4 7.6 4.6 10.4 7.5 Sad 6.5 10.1 
Beleiumes- 2 =.= el 4.5 3.0 4.5 5.2 2, 20 3.0 
Netherlands________-_ 5.8 7. 6 4.4 6.2 5.4 4.1 3.9 4,1 
Aus tralia_=—2-—- 2-222 4,9 3.8 4.8 4.9 3.9 By 2 3. 6 Sal 
Spainkee sae eee 3. 4 5.8 3u2 .3 4.1 3.0 253 2 
@anadas2--2 4. ee 2.4 2.9 2.6 By, 4 3.0 2.8 2.6 24, (6) 
@ fhensee tees are 13.9 14.2 16.3 14.3 17.9 16. 4 17.6 16.1 
See footnotes at end of table. 
