Table 27, 



-NYASALAND: Acreage, production, yield, and average price of burley-type 



tobacco, 1957-63 



Year 



Acreage 



Yield 



Production""" 



Price per pound 





Acres 



5,242 

 7,500 

 5,485 

 5,884 

 8,380 

 7,640 

 8,808 



Pounds per 

 acre 



Million 

 pounds 



2.2 

 3.2 

 2.7 

 2.9 

 3.6 

 3.9 

 4.6 



Equiv. 

 U.S. cents 



1957 



1958 



1959 



1960 



1961 



1962 



1963^ 



415 

 427 

 501 

 496 

 424 

 510 

 522 



40.9 

 26.6 

 26.0 

 38.2 

 28.5 

 37.8 

 33.6 



Sales. 

 Preliminary. 



Table 28. — NYASALAND: Sun/air- cured tobacco, acreage, production, yield 



and average price, 1957-63 



Year 



Acreage 



Yield^ 



Production^ 



Price per pound 



1957 



1958 



1959 



I960 



Acres 



9,439 

 11,200 

 13,733 

 13,973 

 19,079 

 20,125 

 18,000 



Pounds 

 per acre 



320 

 225 

 495 

 500 

 280 

 214 

 289 



Million 

 pounds 



3.0 

 2.5 

 5.4 

 7.0 

 5.3 

 4.3 

 5.2 



Equiv. 

 U.S. cents 



28.8 

 29.1 

 27.1 

 22.3 



1961 



17.1 



1962 



1963^ 



25.3 

 26.4 



Calculated. 



Sales. 



Preliminary. 



While competition from these other crops may continue to affect levels of Nyasaland 

 tobacco production, other facts will include world demand and other conditions in the world 

 tobacco market. 



Fire-Cured 



World demand for fire- cured continues to decline, while that for hurley and flue- 

 cured rises. This factor too will tend to increase the attractiveness of the latter two 

 types locally. 



Sun-Cured 



On the other hand, prospects for sun-cured tobacco production in Nyasaland are not 

 clear. In 1963, production was up sharplyfrom 1962, but near the levels of 1959 and I960. 

 Buyers, however, paid nnore per pound for the 1963 crop than for that of 1962. 



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