Table 1.— FEDERATION OF THE RHODESIAS AND NYASALAND; Total acreage and 

 production of all types of tobacco, average 1950-54''" annual 1954-63 



Year 



Acreage harvested 



Production 



Average : 



1950-54 



Annual: 



1954 



1955 



1956 



1957 



1958 



1959 



1960 



1961^ 



1962^ 



1963^ 



1,000 acres 

 299 



306 

 226 

 311 

 323 

 378 

 392 

 335 

 332 

 352 

 390 



1,000 pounds 

 145,952 



162,279 

 153,179 

 209,717 

 180,580 

 193,764 

 231,579 

 257,016 

 263,424 

 276,641 

 248,349 



Combined for the three areas. 

 ^ Preliminary. 



Table 2. --Increase in tobacco production. Southern Rhodesia compared with all African, 

 averages 1948-49 to 1952-53 and 1953-54 to 1957-58, annual 1958-59 to 1961-62 



Year' 



African 

 continent 



Southern 

 Rhodesia 



Production as 



percent of all 



African 



Average : 



1948-49 to 1952-53. 

 1953-54 to 1957-58. 



Annual: 



1958-59 



1959-60 



1960-61 



1961-62^ 



1,000 pounds 



308,644 

 396,828 



440,920 

 485,012 

 462,966 

 462,966 



1,000 pounds 



97,002 

 138,890 



180,777 

 209,437 

 233,688 

 244,711 



Percent 



31 

 35 



41 

 43 

 50 

 53 



■"" Crop year. ^ Preliminary. 



Source: United Nations Economic and Social Council, Economic Commission for Africa, 

 Fifth Session, The Food and Agriculture Situation in Africa. 



SOUTHERN RHODESIA 



Flue-Cured 



For Southern Rhodesia, flue-cured tobacco production and exports are of vital im- 

 portance. Recently, output has exceeded 200 million pounds, of which about 95 percent is 

 exported (bringing total exports to nnore than half those of the United States). 



