Tobacco Circular

United States Department of Agriculture

Foreign Agricultural Service

Circular Series
FT-4-97

April 1997

Tobacco:
World Markets and Trade

World Developments

Highlights:

Canadian Government Reverses Position on New Anti-Tobacco Legislation

Brazil Issues Phytosanitary Regualtions on Tobacco Imports

Mexian Burley Output for 1997 Revised Lower

South Korea Increases Cigarette Taxes

Zimbabwe Flue-Cured Output Forecast Lowered

Auction Reports:

Canadian Flue-Cured Auction Closes

U.S. Developments

Auction Reports:

U.S. Burley Auction Closes

U.S. Trade Summary for Jan-Feb 1997

Conversion Factors

List of Tables

Table 1.: World's Top Unmanufactured Tobacco Producing, Trading and Consuming Countries.

Table 2.: U.S. Tobacco Trade: 1996-1997.

Table 3.: Unmanufactured Tobacco, U.S. Monthly Exports, Calendar Years 1995, 1996, 1997, Metric Tons.

Table 4.: Unmanufactured Tobacco, U.S. Monthly Exports, Calendar Years 1995, 1996, 1997, Thousand Dollars

Table 5.: Unmanufactured Tobacco, U.S. Monthly Imports, Calendar Years 1995, 1996, 1997, Metric Tons

Table 6.: Unmanufactured Tobacco, U.S. Monthly Imports, Calendar Years 1995, 1996, 1997, Thousand Dollars

Table 7.: U.S. Exports of Unmanufactured Tobacco by Type

Table 8.: U.S. Exports of Unmanufactured Tobacco by Destination

Table 9.: U.S. Exports of Flue-Cured Tobacco by Destination

Table 10.: U.S. Exports of Burley Tobacco by Destination

Table 11.: U.S. Exports of Manufactured Tobacco by Type

Table 12.: U.S. Exports of Cigarettes by Destination

Table 13.: U.S. Imports for Consumption of Unmanufactured Tobacco by Type

Table 14.: U.S. General Imports of Unmanufactured Tobacco by Type

Table 15.: U.S. Imports for Consumption of Manufactured Tobacco by Type

Table 16.: U.S. Tobacco Trade Balance: Unmanufactured and Manufactured Tobacco

Table 17.: U.S. Tariff-Rate-Quota Update

Approved by the World Agricultural Outlook Board/USDA

Last modified: Wednesday, November 26, 2003