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TABLE 39.—Imports of tobacco products by countries, into the United States, in- 
cluding shipments from noncontiguous territories, 1923-39 ! 
am Year beginning July 
Product and country Aver- | Aver- 
1923 age age 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 2 
1923-28 | 1929-33 
1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 | 1,000 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 
Cigars and cheroots: pounds | pounds | pounds | pounds | pounds | pounds | pounds | pounds | pounds 
Cubase ssi sae 413 422 166 48 64 47 42 37 49 
Philippine Islands_____- 3, 411 2,810 2, 094 3, 966 3, 767 3, 377 3, 546 3, 336 3, 946 
Puerto Rico 3__________- Pao lOo 3, 112 2, 027 1, 102 959 906 216 25 24 
Other countries_________ 10 5 4 1 (4) (4) (4) 1 1 
otaless nous ee eae 6, 989 6, 349 4, 291 figs Uae 4, 790 4, 330 3, 804 3, 399 4, 020 
Cigarettes: 
Philippine Islands_____- 6 23 10 5 66 4 2 3 2 
Puerto; Rico sues ssa s ee fe) 13 19 8 8 11 13 13 10 
Other countries._______. (8) (8) (8) 3 3 3 3 5 5 
OG ae oe sees 15 36 29 16 77 18 18 21 17 
All other tobacco products:? ihe a 
Eon gy Kon gaa 173 132 91 55 60 44 30 16 10 
United Kingdom---___- 72 94 35 29 43 49 40 56 58 
TGA yale ee ape ap oe ee 51 30 25 24 32 21 25 19 15 
Canadas aaa 21 30 5 3 3 4 3 3 2 
Ching es setae a ns ee 2 4 2 4 5 5 18 48 31 
uvertoyRicomeaae ese. (8) (8) (9) 2 2 2 6 2 2 2 
Other countries________. 16 24 13 2 3 3 5 2 5 
AUN 0) GENS ee Ee eee ee 335 314 173 119 148 132 123 146 123 
1 Imports for consumption, beginning 1933. 
2 Preliminary. 
3 Conversion to pounds made on basis of 18 pounds per 1,000 cigars. 
4 Less than 500 pounds. 
5 Conversion to pounds made on basis of 2.25 pounds per 1,000 cigarettes. 
6 Not reported separately; if any, included in All other tobacco products. 
7 Tnclndes snuff and snuff flour; stems cut, ground, or pulverized and manufactures of tobacco not specially 
provided for. 
8 Prior to 1930 not reported separately. 
® 4-year average. 
Bureau of Agricultural Economics. Compiled from Monthly Summary of Foreign Commerce of the 
United States and official records of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. 
In another class of customs bonded warehouses the imported to- 
bacco may be manufactured into the finished product, which may then 
be withdrawn for export without the payment of duty, or for domestic 
consumption upon payment of both duty and internal revenue taxes. 
TABLE 40.—Reexports of tobacco from the United States, 1919-39 
Leaf Manufactured 
Year Fe ie levee ae - a 
igar : ‘igars an 
wrapper Other Cigarettes eheroots Other 
Pounds Pounds Pounds Pounds Pounds 
TGS Ke Jes ree a ea Foe UN ae oe ak DA 5, 095, 487 24, 058, 413 11, 132 9, 425 13, 304 
“A-Verare 1920-20. es A! 614, 890 3, 992, 790 1, 790 2, 926 94, 271 
LOS 0 sae eee 2 FE ei Mea Shes tke 809, 097 1, 501, 507 0 3, 895 15, 702 
OD Lee Pee ee eae oy NN a ite nen ea oe 228, 460 3438, 306 2, 964 571 15, 136 
cee RU a 2 IN EE ey, 
TYR PAS Bias 5 SO We NL Fst cen AL a: 436, 673 311, 942 15, 816 
O35 Oe See Ca ce See ie es BN EAE 233, 909 636, 847 SOLO 
eB Se arse ay ea ck Ua et ane Tee ae 201, 184 438, 357 6, 136 
OSD Leese See ies Ay ee wets HIN eae 275, 451 330, 526 3, 264 
NOS G22 soe ae ae i a ee 2 266, 783 624, 311 2 
1 LY BY (eee cee ene yh Ay ed ee ee 498, 039 699, 069 16, 745 
1OSSE See eae ete Secale eye ee. ee. 172, 031 456, 592 16, 752 
LOS OE OSS = Sart apes OU cers kame, 2, MEIN DE 221, 831 423, 224 11, 941 
‘Compiled from FOREIGN COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION OF THE UNITED STATES. 
