AMERICAN TOBACCO TYPES, USES, AND MARKETS 119 
IMPORTS 
Tobacco imported into the United States from foreign countries 
is of two general classes: (1) Cigarette tobacco, consisting of the 
so-called Turkish or oriental varieties, and (2) cigar tobacco. In 
addition, large quantities of cigar tobacco are shipped in from some of 
the insular possessions, mainly Puerto Rico and the Philippine Islands. 
The cigarette tobacco comes mainly from Turkey, Greece, and 
Bulgaria and is usually referred to as Turkish or oriental. Several 
other countries of southeastern Europe and the Near East export 
small quantities of tobacco to the United States. Oriental tobacco 
is not regarded as competitive with American-grown types. Rather, 
by its aromatic qualities it supplements American types and is in- 
cluded in the blends of nearly all the popular brands of cigarettes. 
TABLE 38.—Imports of leaf tobacco by countries, into the United States, including 
shipments from noncontiguous territories, 1923-39 | 
Year beginning July 
Class and country from 
which imported Aver- | Aver- 
1923 age age 
1924-28 | 1929-33 
1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 
Cigar wrapper: pounds | pounds | pounds | pounds | pounds | pounds | pounds | pounds | pounds 
1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 2 
Netherlands--__________- 6,220 | 6,127 | 3,812} 1,911 | 1,750] 2,695} 1,518] 1,799 2, 059 
Cubans See Se 32 112 86 110 139 211 183 186 153 
Other countries________- 162 38 10 0 1 (3) 0 0 0 
Motalecee te se ees 6,414 | 6,277 | 3,908 | 2,021 1,890 || 2,906 | 1,701 1, 985 2, 212 
Cigar leaf (filler): 
Unstemmed: 
@ubaree it Shee re 7, 814 7, 765 4, 798 4,191 5, 234 4,419 3, 487 2, 250 2, 259 
Other countries-__-___-- 4, 936 40 (3) 
Totaleee = sess oars 12,750 | 8,167 | 4,803 | 4,191 | 5,235} 4,420] 3,487] 2,250 2, 262 
Stemmed 
Cubasecrets ues 10, 441 | 14,1388 | 9,947 | 6,465 | 9,285] 6,448 | 6,598 | 7, 604 8, 918 
Puerto Rico_____.____- 19, 835 | 22,045 | 14,787 | 16,645 | 18,616 | 18,964 | 16,376 | 15, 530 12, 551 
Other countries_______ 591 13 11 0 0 0 ft) 0 63 
Mota seas 30, 867 | 36,196 | 24, 745 | 23,110 | 27,901 | 25,412 | 22,974 | 23,134 | 21,532 
Cigarette leaf: 
Greeces eter ae es eh 11,975 | 20,557 | 16,065 | 17,959 | 19,006 | 20, 233 | 18,628 | 18,892 | 17, 297 
Ni Gall yess Se aes cape a eas 3, 064 | 12,049 | 9,576} 5,882 | 5,985 | 4,577 753 652 667 
Turkey in Europe and 
OAS eae ee eee eg nh 1,917 | 18,313 | 12,597 | 12,425 | 15,982 | 19,799 | 20,509 | 27,592 | 26,144 
Belgium=- 22 Seo (4) (4) 4) 994 | 1,231 635 | 1,133 228 41 
Germany =o ae 1, 745 787 155 28 162 300 664 494 (3) 
) fsa79 0) eee ae Se a ae he (4) (4) (4) 183 26 16 18 11 4 
United Kingdom__-____-_ 303 91 34 205 191 395 19 16 120 
Bulgaria____- pea Se 1, 341 195 5 (3) 2 301 1,522 | 2,637 2, 367 
Palestine and Syria____- 18 153 31 166 312 622 994 | 1,357 1, 453 
Netherlands____________ 9 14 20 739 391 51 37 9 0 
Other countries_________ 686 229 637 57 250 106 550 805 1, 827 
Totals ts eee 21,058 | 47,388 | 39,120 | 38,638 | 43,538 | 47,035 | 44,827 | 52,783 49, 920 
Stems, scraps, and trim- 
mings: 
Cubat ts eect 2, 049 1, 889 2, 528 2, 876 3, 423 2, 465 2, 836 3, 019 3, 284 
United Kingdom_______ 1 (3) 1, 421 1, 742 1, 767 1, 818 1, 628 1, 532 1, 145 
Philippine Islands___-__- 1, 145 2,119 3, 252 2, 169 2, 370 3, 423 5, 395 5, 093 11, 596 
IPUertOeR ICO =e 3, 500 6, 180 5, 213 3, 329 4, 541 4, 616 4, 323 7, 678 4, 536 
Other countries_________ 67 41 472 167 387 794 1, 549 1, 819 1, 332 
Motal set os ee eae LS 6, 762 | 10, 229 | 12,886 | 10, 283 | 12,488 | 13,116 | 15,731 | 19, 141 21; 393 
1 Imports for consumption, beginning 1933. 
2 Preliminary. 
3 Less than 500 pounds. 
4 Not available; if any, included in Other countries. 
i Bureau of Agricultural Economics. Compiled from official records of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic 
ommerce, 
