Europe, chiefly Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden, Denmark, and Switzer- 
land. Considerable leaf is exported also to countries in other areas of the 
world, including Australia, Japan, Egypt, Ireland, New Zealand, and Thailand. 
Although China was an important market in previous years, exports to this coun- 
try were discontinued when the present government came into power. 
Figure 44.--Loading tobacco for export at a Norfolk terminal. 
All types of leaf grown in the United States enter into the country's ex- 
port trade, but three types (flue-cured, burley, and fire-cured) make up the 
bulk of it. Flue-cured leaf, used largely in the manufacture of cigarettes, is 
the predominant type exported, currently accounting for more than 80 percent 
of total leaf exports. Increased use of burley leaf in blended cigarettes in 
a number of foreign countries has been the primary factor resulting in a larg- 
er export demand for this type of leaf. In contrast with flue-cured and bur- 
ley, exports of fire-cured leaf have declined sharply. 
The principal export outlets, in approximate order of their importance, 
for the three kinds of leaf are as follows: 
Flue-cured Burley Fire-cured 
United Kingdom Germany Nether lands 
Germany Sweden France 
Netherlands Netherlands Switzerland 
Japan Egypt Belgium 
Australia Denmark 
Belgium Mexico 
Ireland Italy 
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