CONTENTS 



Page 



Findings 



Cost tables 



Methodology 



Firms surveyed 



Depreciation and interest 



Estimated 1968 costs 



Method of allocation 



Tobacco processing *-^ 



Storage and services *-5 



Definition of terms 



LIST OF TABLES 



Table Page 



1. --Tobacco firms included in sample, volume processed, yield, hogshead 



months of storage, and selected services performed, 1966/67 2 



2. --Total costs for selected services in fire-cured, types 22 and 23, 



and dark air-cured, types 35 and 36, tobacco storage and processing, 

 1966/67 and estimated 1968 3 



3. --Fire-cured, types 22 and 23, tobacco storage costs per hogshead per 

 month by average percentage of capacity utilized, 1966/67 and 

 estimated 1968 4 



4. --Dark air-cured, types 35 and 36, tobacco storage costs per hogshead 

 per month by average percentage of capacity utilized, 1966/67 and 

 estimated 1968 4 



5 .--Standardized fixed costs per hundredweight for machine redrying and 



packing dark air-cured and fire-cured tobaccos, 1966/67 5 



6. --Variable costs per hundredweight for machine redrying and packing 



dark air-cured and fire-cured tobaccos, 1966/67 and estimated 19oS 6 



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