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OUTLETS FOR DOMESTIC CIGAR TOBACCO 



The cigar tobacco types grown in the United States find outlets in cigars, 

 scrap chewing tobacco manufacture, and exports in leaf form. It is estimated 

 that the annual disposition in the recent three years averaged about 72 percent 

 for cigars, 22 percent for scrap chewing, and 6 percent for exports. The esti- 

 mated quantities of domestic types used for cigars were indicated in the fore- 

 going section. The principal types used for scrap chewing are Pennsylvania type 

 1+1, Northern Wisconsin type 55, and Southern Wisconsin type 5k. Some of the trim- 

 mings left after the cigar wrappers are cut from the wrapper leaves also go into 

 scrap chewing. Before the use of reconstituted binder sheet became widespread in 

 the industry, a sizable source of tobacco material for scrap chewing was the cut- 

 tings and trimmings left after preparing the natural leaf binders, principally 

 from the Connecticut Valley binder types. This source has largely disappeared 

 as reconstituted tobacco sheet utilizes the whole leaf, including the midrib. 

 Some processes have enabled scrap chewing manufacturers to utilize more stems 

 in scrap chewing products. Also, perhaps more noncigar types or inexpensive im- 

 ported types are being used in scrap chewing products. 



Exports are a significant outlet for the cigar wrapper types but to a 

 lesser degree for the binder types. Exports of the filler types have been very 

 small relative to domestic uses of these types. 



In table k are presented approximate estimates of the quantities of the 

 domestic types, by outlet (average marketing years 1958-59, 1959-60, 1960-6l), 

 on an unstemmed processing weight basis . 



Table k. — Estimated quantities, unstemmed processing weight , of domestic 

 cigar tobacco, by type and outlet, average of marketing years 



1958-59, 1959-60, 1960-61 



Type 



Total 



: Cigars 



Scrap 

 chewing 



: Exports 



Mil. lb. 



Mil. lb. 



Mil 



. lb. 



Mil 



. lb. 



hi A 



32.2 





9.0 





0.2 



2U.5 



23.9 





.1 





• 5 



10.7 



2.1 





7-5 





1.1 



8.5 



5-7 





• 3 





2.5 



6.2 



• 3 





5.7 





.2 



5-5 



3-5 





.8 





1.2 



h.9 



h.9 





— 









k.3 



h.l 





2 /, 





• 2 



3-h 



2.5 





2/ 





• 9 



Pennsylvania (type hi) 

 Puerto Rico (type k6) 

 Northern Wisconsin (type 55) 

 Connecticut Valley (type 6l) 

 Southern Wisconsin (type 5*0 

 Georgia-Florida (type 62) 

 Ohio (types k2-kk) 

 Connecticut Valley (type 51) 

 Connecticut Valley (type 52) 



Total cigar types 



109. ^ 



1/ 79.2 



23. h 



6.8 



1/ In addition, about 9-9 million pounds of domestic noncigar types were used 

 in cigars. 2/ Probably less than 100,000 pounds. I96O-6I, preliminary. 



