Table 26. — NYASAIAND: Export of dark fire-cured tobacco, by destination, 1953-62 



Destination 



1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 



United Kingdom 



Sierra Leone 



Congo, Belgian 



Canary Islands 



Fr. possessions in Africa. 

 Belgium and Luxembourg.... 



Netherlands 



France ■'' 



Germany 



Sweden 



Egypt 



Liberia 



Portuguese Overseas 



Provinces 



Gambia 



Algeria 



Ireland 



Others 



Total 



Mil. 

 lb. 



B.3 



1.8 



2.4 



.9 



(^) 

 .1 

 .9 



(^) 



.1 



1.5 

 (^) 



(^) 

 .2 

 (^) 

 (^) 

 1.7 



Mil. 

 lb. 



7.7 

 1.7 

 3.1 



.7 



.7 



.3 



1.2 



(^) 



(^) 



.2 



1.4 



.5 



.6 

 .3 

 .2 

 .1 

 .1 



Mil. 

 lb. 



Mil. 

 lb. 



Mil. 

 lb. 



Mil. 

 lb. 



Ml. 

 lb. 



Mil. 

 lb. 



5.5 



1.5 



1.3 



.8 



.7 



.2 



.6 



(^) 



(^) 



.5 



1.2 



.5 



.5 

 .2 



.1 

 .1 

 .4 



8.0 



1.9 



4.4 



1.5 



1.4 



.2 



1.1 



(^) 



(^) 



.6 



.6 



.4 



.9 

 .1 

 .3 

 .1 

 .5 



7.0 



1.5 



4.0 



1.6 



1.1 



.1 



1.7 



(^) 



(^) 



.4 



.1 



.5 



1.0 

 .4 

 .2 

 .3 



.8 



6.5 

 1.9 

 3.3 

 1.6 

 1.6 



.3 

 2.0 

 (^) 

 (^) 



.3 



1.2 

 .4 

 .2 

 .1 

 .5 



.3 

 .2 



.1 

 .0 

 .1 

 .5 

 .1 



^) 



.01 



.2 



.04 



.7 



1.0 

 .3 

 .2 

 .2 



6.3 

 2.0 



.4 

 2.1 

 1.0 



.4 

 2.1 

 (^) 



.3 



.4 



1.0 

 .2 

 .1 

 .2 



1.8 



Mil. 

 lb. 



4.6 



1.4 



1.1 



1.6 



.7 



.4 



2.5 



{"■) 



.4 



.2 



1.2 



1.2 

 .2 

 .2 

 .2 



.1 



Mil. 

 lb. 



5.1 



1.6 



.7 



3.1 



(2) 



.6 



1.3 



.2 



.2 



.5 



(^) 

 1.1 



1.4 

 .2 



.2 

 .2 



17.9 



18.8 



14.1 



22.0 



20.7 



21.5 



19.8 



19.1 



17.9 



18.9 



""" If any, included in others. 



^ Not listed under this classification; if any, included in others. 



Swedish manufacturers bought 200,000 to 600,000 pounds annually from 1954 through 

 1961. Nyasaland's exports of this type to Sweden must have included a lot of low-grade 

 or scrap tobacco as prices averaged 5-10 cents per pound. 



Other Types 



while United Kingdom's usings of Nyasaland dark-fired tobacco decreased steadily 

 from 9.2 million pounds in 1949 to 5.8 million in 1961 and decreased again to 5.7 million 

 pounds in 1962, during the same period its usings of Nyasaland sun-cured remained 

 steady at about 2.25 million to 2.90 million pounds. Usings of Nyasaland hurley also held 

 steady at about 600,000 pounds. Data are not readily available to help the writer in 

 separating the usings of Nyasaland flue-cured from total usings of this type from the Fed- 

 eration as a whole; however, Nyasaland's exports of flue-cured are very minor. 



Prospects 



Nyasaland tobacco production has fluctuated considerably during the past 13 years, 

 but has ended the period near the same level as that of the beginning. However, compe- 

 tition for land, labor, and other resources has tended increasingly to favor some of the 

 alternative cash crops during recent years. Since 1959, production of peanuts (ground 

 nuts) has increased very rapidly. These peanuts are mainly of confectionery grade, while 

 the remainder are sold to Southern Rhodesia for oil extraction. Over the 13-year period, 

 trends have been upward in cotton and tea output {which are now entirely confined to 

 European-owned estates and provide half of Nyasaland's total exports). 



Among foods raised for domestic consumption, cornis a chief competitor with tobacco 

 for use of land and resources. 



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