The principal export outlets 

 of U.S. leaf are as follows: 



in recent years for the three major kinds 



Flue-cured 



United Kingdom 



West Germany 



Japan 



Thailand 



Netherlands 



Australia 



Belgium-Luxembourg 



Burley 



West Germany 



Italy 



Philippines 



Portugal 



Netherlands 



Denmark 



Sweden 



Switzerland 



Fire-cured 



Netherlands 



France 



Congo (Kinshasa) 



Belgi urn-Luxembourg 



Norway 



United Kingdom 



West Germany 



UNITED STATES EXPORTS OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS 



The cigarette is by far the leading manufactured tobacco product exported 

 from the United States. Relatively small quantities of smoking tobacco, chew- 

 ing tobacco, and cigars also go into the export market. U.S .-manufactured 

 cigarettes go into many foreign countries — the leading ones being Hong-Kong, 

 Netherlands Antilles, Colombia, Spain, Kuwait, Panama, Netherlands, Switzer- 

 land, Paraguay, Italy, and Belgium-Luxembourg. In recent years, increased 

 quantities of bulk smoking tobacco, blended and prepared for manufacture into 

 cigarettes, has been exported. 



Black Fat is a trade term applied to a unique tobacco form packed exclu- 

 sively for export. Most of it goes to West African countries, chiefly Nigeria 

 and Ghana, with small quantities shipped to the West Indies. The product con- 

 sists of One Sucker dark air-cured leaf and Kentucky and Tennessee fire-cure^. 

 The tobacco is carefully selected, particularly as to length, and tied onto 

 hands of 4 to 6 leaves each. The leaves are put through a series of sweats 

 until they are very dark and then packed under pressure. The final product is 

 sprayed with a mineral oil to add sheen and packed in 1,000 pound crates for 

 shipment. It is used mainly for pipe smoking by native populations but may be 

 used as chewing tobacco or made into snuff. Some tribes use it as money. 



UNITED STATES IMPORTS OF UNMANUFACTURED TOBACCO 



Although the United States is the world's largest producer and exporter 

 of unmanufactured tobacco, it is also the i third largest tobacco importing 

 country in the Free World (exceeded only by the United Kingdom and Germany). 

 This is true because of the great demand in this country for specific types of 

 foreign tobacco, primarily oriental types used for blending in cigarettes. 

 Most of this tobacco comes from Turkey and Greece. Cigar leaf types make up 

 the remaining imports. The Philippine Islands now are the leading source of 

 cigar type tobaccos followed by the Dominican Republic, Colombia, and Para- 

 guay. The embargo against Cuba, imposed in February 1962, is still in effect. 

 Stocks of Cuban leaf in the U.S. are virtually exhausted. 



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