Snuff is manufactured in many forms. Some of the principal forms are 

 fine and course, dry and moist, plain and toasted, and salted, sweetened, 

 flavored and scented. The different kinds are known by such names as Scotch 

 or dry (strong or sweet) and moist (coarser than dry snuff and closely resem- 

 bling fine-cut chewing) . Some of the essential oils and spices used for sea- 

 soning are cinnamon, cassia, attar or roses, wintergreen, mint, etc. 



The chewing, smoking and snuff industry currently employs less than 5,000 

 production workers. In 1971, the following amounts of the different products 

 were manufactured: chewing tobacco 71.4 million pounds; smoking tobacco, 60.5 

 million: and snuff, 26.4 million. 



A summary of the various types used in the different 

 is shown below (imported types are shown in parentheses) : 



tobacco products 



Product 

 Cigarettes 



Cigars 



Types used 



Flue-cured, burley, Maryland, (Oriental; Turkey, 

 Greece) 



Filler, binder, wrapper, (Cuban, Philippine Is- 

 lands), some Maryland, fire-cured, and dark 

 air-cured. 



Chewing tobacco: 

 Plug 



Twist 

 Fine-cut 

 Loose leaf 

 chewing 



Flue-cured, burley, dark air-cured, some fire- 

 cured 

 One Sucker, burley, fire-cured 

 Burley, Green River 



Ci^ar leaf 



Smoking tobacco 

 Snuff 

 INTERNATIONAL TRADE 



Burley, flue-cured, dark air-cured. 



Oriental 

 Fire-cured, some dark air-cured 



Perique, 



Tobacco is produced and consumed in practically every country of the 

 world and is one of the major items in international trade. World production 

 was about 10 billion pounds in 1971 and continues at a near record. The 

 United States is the leading producer with nearly 1.8 billion pounds in recent 

 years, followed closely by Mainland China. Among the other important producing 

 countries are India, USSR, Brazil, Pakistan, Japan, Turkey, Indonesia, Greece, 

 Italy, Canada, Korea, Southern Rhodesia, and the Philippines. Most producing 

 countries grow more than one type of leaf, but often supplement domestic pro- 

 duction with imports of complementary types for blending in order to satisfy 

 consumer tastes. Some countries produce a substantial surplus of tobacco over 

 domestic needs and export large quantities. Some countries are both large 

 producers and exporters, and also extensive importers. The United States falls 

 in this last category. World exports currently amount to 1.8 billion pounds, 

 roughly equal to one-fifth of total world production. 



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