-43 
- 9 - 
The estimated import requ irenents for United States tobaooo of countries 
Including dependent territories) inol»dod in tho proposed Rvropenn Rooovery 
ro^rara not/ bofore Con£re?s arei 
! 'ill ion pounds 
3 months— April 1-June 30, 1949 112 
1943-19 452 ■ 
1949- 50 ' 4C7 
1950- 61 459 
1951- 5° 401 
Thoso import requirer.fnt'; ray bo cor.nar^d '.vith IMitri ^tato?: t^tal oxpcrts 
> Turofoan Rooovery Frocran o'Jitries in rrovious years: 
Mi llion pounds 
1934-36 averago 313 
1045 397 
194C 520 
1947 (rroliminary) 371 
The 1934-38 average include J 13 allli >\ : oundr? for Germany, but very little 
)baooo -was exported to c.ernwii' in 1947 and no: in 
"T ir , «c' T R T T ) T , '" T *3 11— 14 
,947 Fire-Cured Pricos 
" THftowTast Season 
Flue-cureJ prico3 averaged fcbonfc 41.0 cents fer pound for the 1947 season 
lompared with 46.3 cents in 1946. The average loan r-\te (90 percent of the 
ipplioablo parity) vras 40.0 oents per vound. 
The smaller e:;rort derand was ti.e most important single factor affeoting 
rioes during tho 1947 marketing season. The largest foreign taker of flue-cured, 
;he United Kingdom, purohased si.aller quantities than usual and in late October 
rithdrev from the r.arl:et entirely. Frice3 fcr the individual flue-cured types, . 
;his season and last, are as f ollows : 
Percent 
1946-47 1947-48 decline 
Cer.ts 
C onts 
Georgia-Florida, type 14 
42.8 
37.6 
12 
Border-Belt, typo 13 
49.4 
41.9 
15 
Eastern Ilorth Carolina, 
type 12 
51.7 
43.0 
17 
Middle Belt, type lib 
46.3 
42.2 
9 
Cld Belt, type 11a 
43.4 
38.3 
12 
