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The United States is primarily a market for Cuban tobacco of the I 

 grades. In 1959> for example, the average value per pound of tobac oed 

 to the United States was 85 cents, . compared with 3^ cents for Spain, 39 cer. 

 for the Netherlands, and 52 cents for West Germany. According to ur. al 

 reports, the i960 average value of tobacco exported to the United States was 

 $1.02 per pound and for exports to all other countries combined 50 cents per 

 pound. 



Philippine Republic 



The Philippine Republic is the second most important supplier of cigar 

 tobacco to the United States. In the 5 years before 1956, imports for jnp- 

 tion averaged only about 2 million pounds, but jumped to 6-1/2 million in 1 

 and averaged about that quantity in 1957-59* In I960, imports rose further to 

 10-1/2 million pounds, valued at a little over $3 million. Most of the i 

 consist of scrap, with some stemmed and unstemmed filler. Philippine tobac 

 has a much lower unit value than Cuban tobacco. In recent years, the value 

 of Philippine tobacco scrap into the United States has averaged frcra 30 to 32 

 cents a pound, compared with 52 to 58 cents for Cuban scrap. For stemmed 

 filler, the average value of Philippine tobacco has been from 29 to 3^—^ 

 cents, compared with well over $1 a pound for Cuban tobacco. (Cuban values 

 shown are exclusive of duty.) Philippine tobacco goes mainly into lower- 

 priced, short filler cigars. 



At one time, cigar tobacco was the predominant kind of tobacco produced 

 in the Philippines, but in recent years it has often been outranked by flue- 

 cured. Cigar tobacco is grown mainly in the Cagayan Valley in Northern I 

 Production in 1955-59 averaged about kh million pounds. In i960, close to 66 

 million pounds were harvested, the biggest crop in many years. Exports of all 

 tobacco in i960 totaled 28 million pounds. The principal markets for Philip- 

 pine tobacco are Spain, which in most recent years has taken over half of the 

 total, and the United States, which usually accounts for roughly a fourth. 



Indonesia 



Before World War II, fairly substantial quantities of Indonesia cigar 

 wrapper were imported into the United States, but when shipments w ' 

 during the war domestic production of shade-grown wrapper was expande 

 Imports from Indonesia have never regained their prewar level. In the 1-">5C- 

 period, imports of wrapper leaf for consumption averaged about 660,000 pour., 

 in 1955-59* they averaged only about 165,000 pounds. Imp 

 Indonesia have become negligible, but imports for cigar filler have become 

 significant . 



During the first half of 1961, about 13^,000 p 

 bacco (average value excluding duty, k^ cents per pound) enten 

 channels as scrap. 



