Nyasaland: Tobacco extension officer and visitor inspect 

 a field of African-grown "dark-fire-cured" type of tobacco. 



Nyasaland' s exports of iire-cured tobacco compete with U.S. exports of fire-cured 

 tobacco in world trade. Buyers making purchases of fire-cured tobacco in Nyasaland 

 complain considerably about the quality of much of Nyasaland' s fire-cured tobacco, 

 especially the years when there is a large crop and a shortage of curing barn space, 

 and other factors seem to combine to affect quality adversely. 



The United Kingdom is the largest importer of Nyasaland' s fire-cured tobacco, 

 usually taking 5 million to 8 nnillion pounds per year at prices which have averaged, 

 in recent years, mostly between 34 cents and 41 cents per pound. Nyasaland' s tobacco, 

 like all tobacco from the Federation, receives a duty preference in the United Kingdom 

 equivalent to approximately 21.5 cents per pound. Usings of Nyasaland fire-cured by 

 United Kingdom manufacturers have decreased from about 9 million pounds in 1949, to 

 5.7 million pounds in 1962. 



Sierra Leone has consistently been a good customer for Nyasaland' s fire-cured 

 tobacco. Prices for fire-cured tobacco exported by Nyasaland to Sierra Leone average 

 4-10 cents per pound higher than the prices for their exports to United Kingdom. Tobaccos 

 fronn the Commonwealth countries receive a 4-cents-per-pound preference in Sierra 

 Leone. 



Nyasaland exported 1 million to 4 million pounds to the Belgian Congo from 1950 to 

 1961, with the quantity dropping below a nnillion pounds only in i960. Yearly average 

 prices ranged from 13.5 cents to 25 cents per pound. 



The Canary Islands innport 1-2 million pounds of Nyagaland's fire-cured tobacco 

 each year at average prices of 18-24 cents per pound. 



Manufacturers in the Netherlands usually import 2 million pounds to 2.5 million 

 pounds of Nyasaland fire-cured tobacco at (export) prices of 15-20 cents. The United 

 States exports 5 nnillion to 7 million pounds of fire- cured tobacco to the Netherlands 

 each year; however, there is a considerable difference between quality and price of the 

 U.S. exports to the Netherlands, and those of the exports of Nyasaland to that market. 



Nyasaland also exports about 400,000 pounds annually to Belgium at prices ranging 

 fronn 17-20 cents and about 200,000 pounds to West Germany at 16-18 cents per pound. 



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