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PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION OF UNITED STATES TOBACCO 
CONSUMPTION BY MAJOR GROUPS OF TYPES, 1925-47 
PERCENT 
80 
60 
40 
20 
1925 
1930 
1935 
1940 
1945 
1950 
DOMESTIC DISAPPEARANCE OF U.S. TYPES ON FARM-SALES WEIGHT BASIS ADJUSTED TO CALENDAR YEAR 
TOTALS AND UNSTEMMED WEIGHT BASIS, AND IMPORTS ALSO ADJUSTED TO UNSTEMMED WEIGHT 
U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
N EG. 46638 
BUREAU OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS 
The domestic use of flue-cured leaf 1943-47 was 45 percent of total United States 
tobacco consumption compared to slightly less than 25 percent in 1925-29. Burley and 
Maryland combined fluctuated narrowly between 31 and 35 percent of the total during the 
last quarter century. Dark-fired and dark air-cured have diminished steadily from 
around II percent ot the total in 1925-29 to less than 5 in recent years. Cigar tobacco 
in the late twenties was more than one-fifth of the total but averaged about one-tenth 
of the total in 1943-47. Imported tobacco made up 10 percent of the total use in 1925- 
29 and only a little more than 6 percent in 1943-47. Annual use of domestic tobac*^p» 
(including Puerto Rican) in United States manufactures increased from about 800 millicjH 
pounds (farm-sales weight) in 1925-29 to approximately 1,375 million pounds in 1943-4^% 
while tobacco imports were about 78 million pounds (declared weight) in both periods. 
