CONTENTS 



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Summary 1 



The cigar industry 4 



Domestic factories h 



Customs bonded manufacturing warehouses 5 



Shipments from Puerto Rico 5 



Imports 5 



Census of Manufactures data 6 



Cuban tobacco content of cigars 7 



The cigar market 8 



Trends in consumption a. 



Price lines H 



Consumer expenditures 13 



Federal and State tax revenues 13 



Kinds of cigar tobacco 13 



Sources of cigar tobacco 14 



Domestic production l4 



Filler 14 



Binder 15 



Wrapper 16 



Imports 16 



Cuba 16 



Philippine Republic 21 



Indonesia 21 



Other foreign suppliers 22 



U. S . import duties and customs receipts 25 



Use of domestic and foreign tobaccos in cigars 28 



Filler 28 



Binder 29 



Wrapper 31 



Total use in cigars 31 



Outlets for domestic cigar tobacco 32 



Projected requirements of cigar tobacco by 19^5 33 



Some probable effects of a cutoff of Cuban tobacco 36 



Introduction 36 



The transition 36 



Alternative supplies 38 



Text tables 



1. Consumption of cigars and cigarilxos in tne United States ana 



by overseas forces , 19A6-60 10 



2. United States duty rates on imported cigar tobacco 26 



3- Receipts from United States duties on cigar tobacco and cigars 



imported from Cuba and all countries, fiscal years 1955-61 27 



k. Estimated quantities, unstemmed weight , of domestic cigar tobacco, 

 by type and outlet, average of marketing years 1958-59 , 1959-60, 



1960-61 ,. . . 32 



5. Estimated quantities^ farm-sales weight , of domestic cigar tobacco, 

 by type and outlet, average of marketing years 1958-59, 1959-60, 



1960-61 33 



Charts 



Figure 1. --Cigars by retail price class 12 



Figure 2 . — Tobacco used in cigar manufacture 30 



List of appendix tables kl 



Appendix tables (6-29) k2 



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