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show the quantities of tobacco used in the manufacture separately of 
cigars and cigarettes, and of chewing and pipe tobacco and snuff com- 
bined. The statistics include all tobacco so used whether of domestic 
or foreign origin, but are not separated as to types of tobacco. 
Quantities of Tobacco Products Manufactured.—These are statistics 
published by the Bureau of Internal Revenue and relate to the number 
of units of cigars and cigarettes manufactured annually and the num- 
ber of pounds of the different items of chewing and smoking tobacco, 
andesite 5 
Consumption per Capita.—These statistics are computed on the basis 
of the number of persons in the United States as reported by the 
Bureau of the Census, and the quantity of tobacco consumed in various 
forms as reported by the Bureau of Internal Revenue. 
The methods by which tobacco is consumed, both domestically and 
abroad, have a determining effect upon the geography of tobacco 
production. Thus the rise of cigarette consumption to a position of 
dominance in the tobacco industry has effected a great increase in the 
production of flue-cured tobacco for domestic use and for export, 
which has been accompanied by a corresponding decrease in the 
production of types not suitable for cigarette manufacturing, but 
used in products that have declined in popular favor. Therefore the 
areas suitable for production of flue-cured tobacco—from Virginia to 
Florida—have increased in importance. Conversely, some other 
areas, such as those devoted to fire-cured, dark air-cured, and cigar 
tobacco have decreased in importance. 
Imports of tobacco into the United States are confined to oriental 
types produced in southeastern Europe and the Near East for use in 
the manufacture of cigarettes and to cigar tobacco from Cuba and the 
Netherlands Indies. Cigarette tobaccos imported are considered to be 
complementary to the American types in achieving cigarette blends. 
The cigar types imported are in some degree complementary to 
American types, but to some extent are competitive with them. 
The revenue from tobacco is one of the most important sources of 
internal revenue to the United States Government. The annual 
receipts from taxes on tobacco products are greatly in excess of the 
gross return to the growers of the tobacco. 
APPENDIX 
_ Following is a list of loose-leaf tobacco auction markets which were 
in operation during the 1940-41 season, arranged by types and 
States. Markets followed by ““D” had been designated up to December 
1, 1941, for inspection service under the Tobacco Inspection Act. The 
number of sales floors, number of sets of buyers, and the quantity of 
tobacco sold during the season are shown for each market. Pounds 
shown represent first-hand sales, except as to Burley, for which type 
the figures include resales. Sales vary in volume from year to year, 
principally because of variations in the size of the crop. (Table 43.) 
It should be noted that the numbers of markets for the different 
types cannot be added together to arrive at the total number of 
markets. Four markets—Hopkinsville, Mayfield, Madisonville, and 
Owensboro, Ky.—sell two types each, and are listed twice. The total 
number of loose-leaf auction markets is, therefore, 138. 
