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CntCTJLAK 10 0, TJ. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



for some of the dark types of United States tobacco has been declin- 

 ing. This has affected the foreign competition for dark types of 

 American-grown tobacco. On the other hand, the trend in tobacco 

 consumption in foreign countries as well as in America is toward 

 cigarettes and away from other forms. This tends to increase the 

 demand for flue-cured tobacco and to decrease that for the heavier 

 and darker types. 



The tobacco produced in foreign countries is usually of an inferior 

 quality, and the foreign demand for America's tobaccos continues 



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Figure 6— Production of Principal Tobacco Products, 1897-1928 



The production of cigarettes increased 476 per cent from 1914 to 1927, while the produc- 

 tion of other tobacco products has increased very little for some years and has declined 

 for others, especially for plug, twist, and fine cut. 



because of their high quality and because they fit into the needs of 

 other countries to blend with their domestic or imported tobaccos. 



The United Kingdom is the best customer of the United States for 

 leaf tobacco, taking about a third of the total exports and nearly 

 half of all the flue-cured tobacco exported. China is the second 

 largest importer of United States tobacco, taking chiefly the flue- 

 cured types. The imports of tobacco into the United States consist 

 chiefly of special types, such as Turkish cigarette leaf and cigar leaf. 

 Imported tobacco comes chiefly from the Dutch East Indies, Cuba, 

 Greece, and Turkey. In addition, tobacco is shipped in from Porto 

 Rico and the Philippine Islands. 



