USDA
United States Department of Agriculture
Foreign Agricultural Service
Circular Series
FT-5-97
May 1997
Tobacco:
World Markets and Trade
 

World Developments

Highlights:

Australia's restructured regulations
Brazil's flue-cured and cigarette production forecast up for 1997
Tobacco production in China above estimates
Korea increases imports of leaf tobacco to produce higher quality cigarettes
United States leaf tobacco exports to Malaysia increased dramatically in 1996
The Philippines’ continues to decrease its leaf tobacco and cigarette production
Thailand’s leaf tobacco production increased
Zimbabwe’s 1996 flue-cured crop highest quality in the last 5 years

Auctions:

Zimbabwe Flue-cured Tobacco Auction Update

U.S. Trade Summary for Jan-Mar 1997

Conversion Factors

Special Reports:

Hong Kong: From British to Chinese rule

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

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Last modified: Wednesday, November 26, 2003