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(type 55) are used in the manufacture of scrap chewing tobacco. Production of 

 scrap chewing has been trending downward, but its rate of decline has been far 

 less than that of plug chewing, which utilizes mainly the dark air-cured types 

 and burley. 



Wrapper 



The cigar wrapper types are shade-grown, types 6l and 62. Type 6l is 

 produced in the Connecticut River Valley of Connecticut and Massachusetts, and 

 type 62 is produced in southwestern Georgia and northwestern Florida. Of the 

 type 6l, around three-fourths is grown in Connecticut and the other one-fourth 

 in Massachusetts. Over three-fourths of the type 62 is grown in Florida and 

 the rest in Georgia. In the past 6 years, production of Connecticut Valley 

 shade-grown has varied between some 9 and 12 million pounds; 1961 production is 

 estimated at about 10-1/3 million pounds . The Georgia-Florida shade-grown crop 

 has ranged between 6 and 9 million pounds and is estimated at about 8-1/2 

 million for 1961. 



Imports 



Tobacco grown in each area of the world has its own characteristics that 

 often set it apart from that grown in other areas . This is mainly due to dif- 

 ferent soils and climate. Cigar tobaccos have customarily been imported into 

 the United States primarily for blending with domestic types, although a siz- 

 share of Cuban tobacco has gone into the clear Havana (all-Cuban tobacco) . cigar. 

 Prior to 1956, total imports of cigar" tobacco into the United States usually 

 totaled from 22 million to about 27 million pounds (declared weight), of which 

 Cuba furnished close to 90 percent, the Philippine Republic 8 percent, and 

 Indonesia about 2 percent. Negligible quantities came from several scattered 

 sources. Largely because of increased receipts from the Philippines — and in 

 the last 2 years, from other sources — imports have risen, reaching nearly ^0 

 million pounds in i960. In that year, Cuba accounted for 6k percent of total 

 imports; the Philippine. Republic, 26 percent; and other sources (except 

 Indonesia), about 10 percent. Imports for consumption from Indonesia were 

 negligible . 



Cuba 



Cuba has been the source of a substantial quantity of the cigar tobacco 

 used in the United States for over half a Century, and, as pointed out earlier, 

 a substantial part of cigars manufactured in this country utilize Cuban tobacco 

 either in whole or in part. Cuban tobacco is outstanding in its flavor and 

 aroma. This is due to uniquely favorable climate and soil and to the way in 

 which the tobacco is processed and aged. It is fermented lightly and aged 

 longer than other tobaccos. 



