TABLE 1.— UNITED STATES: TOBACCOS USED IN CIGARETTE MANUFACTURE 



(Unstemmed processing weight) 



Year 



Flue-cured 



Burley 



Average: Mil. lb. Percent Mil. lb.' 



1935-39 238 53.5 147 



1940-44 413 59.0 220 



1945-49 575 58.1 335 



Annual: 



1950 618 58.2 358 



1951 652 58.6 368 



1952 686 58.6 385 



1953 675 58.1 387 



1954 625 57.5 364 



1955 621 57.1 366 



1956 610 56.1 3?1 



1957 610 56.3 368 



1958 634 56.4 374 



1959 635 55.9 376 



1960 651 55.5 389 



1961 674 55.3 403 



1962 663 54.5 411 



1963 672 54.5 418 



1 Approximately 99 percent oriental, and all imported. 



Maryland 



Oriental^ 



Total 



Percent 



Mil. lb. 



Percent 



Mil. lb. 



Percent 



Mil. lb. 



33.0 



17 



3.8 



43 



9.7 



445 



31.4 



22 



3.2 



45 



6.4 



700 



33.9 



23 



2.3 



56 



5.7 



989 



33.7 



22 



2.1 



64 



6.0 



1,062 



33.1 



20 



1.8 



72 



6.5 



1,112 



32.9 



23 



2.0 



76 



6.5 



1,170 



33.3 



23 



2.0 



77 



6.6 



1,162 



33.5 



21 



1.9 



77 



7.1 



1,087 



33.6 



21 



1.9 



80 



7.4 



1,088 



34.2 



21 



1.9 



85 



7.8 



1,087 



33.9 



18 



1.7 



88 



8.1 



1,084 



33.2 



17 



1.5 



100 



8.9 



1,125 



33.1 



16 



1.4 



109 



9.6 



1,136 



33.2 



16 



1.4 



116 



9.9 



1,172 



33.1 



16 



1.3 



125 



10.3 



1,218 



33.8 



16 



1.3 



126 



10.4 



1,216 



33.9 



16 



1.3 



127 



10.3 



1,233 



TABLE 2.— UNITED STATES: IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF CIGARETTE-TYPEi 



UNMANUFACTURED TOBACCO 



Year or 

 period 



Total 

 imports 



Imports from main countries of origin 



From 

 all other 



Turkey Greece Syria Italy Cyprus Yugoslavia Lebanon countries 



Average: Mil. lb. Mil. lb. Mil. lb. Mil. lb. Mil. lb. Mil. lb. Mil. lb. Mil. lb. Mil. lb. 



1935-39 46 6 20.6 19.1 0.8 3.0 (2) (2) _ 3.1 



1945-49 58.5 43.9 6.3 3.6 — ( = ) (2) _ 4.7 



1950-54 76.4 54.0 13.0 4.0 1.0 .2 1.0 — 3.2 



1955-59 95.9 63.0 24.0 1.4 1.6 .7 3.7 — 1.5 



Annual: 



1960 119.0 74.3 32.3 .7 1.9 1.1 5.5 32.0 1.2 



1961 125.7 78.7 34.4 .9 1.7 .9 6.4 1.5 1.2 



1962 127.2 82.4 32.1 .6 1.4 .6 7 3 1.8 1.0 



1963 129.0 84.5 28.8 .4 1.7 .7 9.6 2.1 1.2 



1964 118.8 72.0 31.0 .4 1.6 .8 10.2 1.8 1.0 



1 Imports in this category have historically been oriental-type tobacco; however, there have been small imports of flue- 

 cured and burley tobacco. Included in the totals, 1960-64, are imports from Rhodesia ranging from 0.4 million pounds 

 to 1.2 million pounds, which were largely oriental tobacco. 2 Data not available. -^ If any imports in earlier years, they 

 were included in "other" countries. 



Labor and land 



Production of oriental tobacco requires vast amounts 

 of hand labor — a factor governing the choice to raise 

 this kind. When some oriental tobacco was being 

 grown in the United States, the labor requirement for 

 an acre was approximately 650 man-hours per year, 



compared with 250-450 man-hours per acre^ for other 

 types grown in the United States. After field production 

 for several years, farmers in the Carolinas, who tried 

 raising oriental tobacco as a commercial crop, gave it 

 up as uneconomical. 



1 Aromatic or Oriental Tobaccos, Frederick Adolph Wolf, 

 Duke University Press, 1962. 



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