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Electronic Outlook Report from the Economic Research Service

TBS 2003-01

February 2004

U.S. Tobacco Import Update1

Abstract

Abstract: U.S. imports (arrivals) of foreign-grown leaf and stems slipped from 587 million pounds in 2001/02 (July-June) to 580 million pounds during 2002/03 (July-June).

Cigar and unstemmed flue-cured imports advanced. Burley, stemmed flue-cured, and

arrivals slipped. During the same period, imports for consumption of leaf and stems fell

3 percent to 553 million pounds. Use of foreign-grown flue-cured fell 24 percent.

Imported burley changed little and Oriental leaf use advanced a few million pounds. The

share of foreign-grown cigar leaf used by the U.S. industry advanced slightly. Imports of

flue-cured and burley tobacco continue to be regulated by a tariff-rate quota.

Keywords: Imports, arrivals, Oriental, flue-cured, burley, tariff-rate quota.

Tom Capehart2

1This article updates those published annually in the September 1992-2001 issues of the Tobacco Situation

and Outlook report and the electronic outlook report TBS-2002-02 published in February 2003.

2Senior economist, Market and Trade Economics Division, Economic Research Service, USDA.
Introduction

This article examines the role of foreign tobacco in the

U.S. tobacco industry during the 2002/03 crop year.

Import trends are discussed. Disappearance or use of

imported tobacco (the quantity of leaf that is converted

into product, wasted, or otherwise consumed) is examined. Import activity under the tariff-rate quota (TRQ) is

also detailed.

Background

Imports of tobacco leaf were once negligible, accounting for about 10 percent of use (disappearance) in the

early 1960s. Imported tobacco was primarily types not

produced in the United States; Oriental for use in cigarettes and cigar types. Imports rose to about 30 percent

in the 1970s and 80s and flue-cured and burley arrivals

increased.

In the early 1990s, U.S. leaf imports surged due to the

rising popularity in the United States and abroad for low

and mid-priced cigarette brands (discounts), and due to

rapidly increasing U.S. cigarette exports which boosted

demand for lower priced foreign leaf. To meet this

demand, manufacturers imported an increasing amount

of foreign tobacco. U.S. leaf imports for consumption

had climbed from 413 million pounds in 1990 to more

than 1 billion pounds in 1993. After the high levels of

generic cigarette production in 1993, imports took a 44-

percent share of cigarette manufacturer leaf use, and

Congress acted to restrict imports by implementing the

Domestic Marketing Assessment (DMA).

Under the DMA which was in effect from January 1,

1994, to September 13, 1995, a penalty was assessed the

manufacturer if foreign leaf content of U.S. cigarettes

exceeded 25 percent. The DMA was enforced during

calendar 1994 only. It was eliminated on September 13,

1995, (retroactive to January 1, 1995) when a TRQ was

proclaimed for cigarette leaf tobacco, mainly flue-cured

and burley. Cigarette leaf imports that exceed predetermined quota levels are subject to an import duty of 350

percent ad valorem. However, a drawback provision

allows most of the duty to be refunded if the same leaf is

re-exported as product. The overall tariff-rate quota has

never been more than 80 percent full.

General imports3 of foreign-grown leaf and stems fell

from 587 million pounds (declared-weight) in 2001/02

(July-June) to 580 million pounds during 2002/03. Cigar

and unstemmed flue-cured advanced. Burley leaf,

stemmed flue-cured, and stem imports slipped. For

2002/03, imports for consumption (duty paid) slipped

19 million pounds to 553 million. 

Domestic Share of Total Use

Gains in 2002

During the past decade, the domestic share of leaf

used to manufacture tobacco products in the United

States had trended down. Domestic leaf use as a share

of total use made a comeback in 2000/01 but lost

ground again in 2001/02. For 2002/03, domestic

imported use again regained share, reaching 55.2 percent compared with 47.6 percent the previous year. On

a farm-sales-weight basis, use of domestic leaf totaled

649.5 million pounds in 2002/03. During 2002/03,

domestic leaf slipped 2 percent or 10.2 million pounds.

Flue-cured use shifted up by 24 percent while burley use

slid by 9 percent. Total foreign-grown leaf use fell by 10

percent to 527.6 million pounds. Imported flue-cured use

advanced 24 percent while estimated burley (based on

October-June data) use slid by 1 percent (tables 1 and 2).

During the same period, foreign-grown flue-cured stocks

held by U.S. tobacco dealers and manufacturers fell less

than 1 percent. Estimated burley stocks advanced 7 percent (table 3).

Based on arrival data (July-June general imports adjusted for stock changes), Oriental leaf use rose 1 percent in

2002/03 after falling 2 percent the previous year. Stocks

2 Economic Research Service, USDA

3General imports are arrivals held in bond. Imports for consumption are imports upon which duty has been paid.

1990 92 94 96 98 2000 2002

0

200

400

600

800

1,000

Flue-cured disappearance

Mil. lb

Source: ERS, USDA.

Figure 1

Domestic

Foreign
Economic Research Service, USDA 3

Table 1—Estimated U.S. imports of flue-cured and burley tobacco, and domestic use: 1969-2002

(farm-sales weight)

Flue-cured Burley

Year Domestic Imports Domestic Imports

beginning Imports disappear- Total share of Imports disappear- Total share of 

July 1 1 ance use total 1 ance2 use total

Million pounds Percent Million pounds Percent

1969 5.7 645.9 651.6 0.9 3.3 507.1 510.4 0.6

1970 10.6 640.1 650.7 1.6 3.2 503.0 506.2 0.6

1971 11.2 662.5 673.7 1.7 4.6 515.2 519.8 0.9

1972 12.7 664.2 676.9 1.9 8.9 534.5 543.4 1.6

1973 20.4 703.4 723.8 2.8 30.7 533.1 563.8 5.4

1974 23.1 652.3 675.4 3.4 47.7 518.8 566.5 8.4

1975 24.4 670.6 695.0 3.5 46.7 510.1 556.8 8.4

1976 30.8 634.0 664.8 4.6 37.9 489.6 527.5 7.2

1977 55.0 608.2 663.2 8.3 85.4 494.8 580.2 14.7

1978 60.1 584.1 644.2 9.3 89.1 502.8 591.9 15.1

1979 84.8 563.1 647.9 13.1 113.6 498.5 612.1 18.6

1980 72.7 529.4 602.1 11.7 136.9 477.6 614.5 22.3

1981 63.3 488.8 552.1 11.5 109.7 463.9 573.6 19.1

1982 103.1 478.5 581.6 17.7 141.3 444.1 585.4 24.1

1983 94.43 441.6 536.0 17.6 135.03 388.7 523.7 25.8

1984 120.13 454.2 574.3 20.9 163.83 402.6 566.4 28.9

1985 151.04 476.5 627.5 24.1 137.84 425.0 562.8 24.5

1986 176.64 479.6 656.2 26.9 120.44 401.7 522.1 23.1

1987 209.74 537.3 747.0 28.1 162.44 478.1 640.5 25.4

1988 146.54 522.1 668.6 21.9 117.94 414.3 532.2 22.2

1989 109.04 566.7 675.6 16.1 139.94 445.7 585.6 23.9

1990 141.24 609.0 750.2 18.8 134.94 474.9 609.8 22.1

1991 137.64 471.2 608.8 22.6 165.64 432.2 597.9 27.7

1992 217.34 508.7 726.0 29.9 178.84 384.9 563.6 31.7

1993 193.34 433.4 626.7 30.5 199.64 339.4 599.0 33.3

1994 170.54 569.3 739.8 23.0 161.04 468.1 629.1 25.6

1995 162.54 530.6 693.1 23.4 148.64 386.1 534.7 27.8

1996 211.54 556.1 767.6 27.6 206.44 446.3 652.7 31.6

1997 226.54 541.0 767.5 29.5 207.74 379.2 608.9 34.1

1998 200.54 492.1 692.6 28.9 172.64 351.6 524.2 32.9

1999 211.64 436.9 648.5 32.6 219.14 273.3 492.4 44.5

2000 168.64 479.2 647.8 26.0 232.94 294.0 526.9 44.2

2001 217.44 388.9 606.3 35.9 194.74 246.4 441.1 44.1

2002 164.84 423.4 588.2 28.0 192.74 223.95 416.65 46.35

1Imports for consumption (duty paid) of leaf, scrap, and manufactured or unmanufactured (beginning 1980),

prorated according to reported stocks of imported flue-cured and burley.

2Marketing year beginning October 1.

3General imports adjusted for stocks change.

4Volume inspected by Agricultural Marketing Service adjusted for stock change.

5Estimated.
4 Economic Research Service, USDA

Cuba's citrus industry collapsed in the early 

1990s after the dissolution of the Soviet bloc

Source: FAOSTAT database.

Figure 5

1,000 metric tons

Cuba citrus production Soviet bloc collapse

Total

Oranges

Grapefruit

1961 65 70 75 80 85 90 95 2000

0

200

400

600

800

1,000

1,200

Table 2—Estimated disappearance of U.S.-grown and imported cigarette tobaccos, 1969-2002

(farm-sales weight)

Year Domestic Foreign-grown Total

beginning Flue- Flue- disappear- ForeignJuly 1 cured Burley1 Maryland Total cured Burley2 Oriental3 Total ance grown

Million pounds Percent

1969 645.9 507.1 29.1 1,182.1 5.7 3.3 170.6 179.6 1,361.7 13.2

1970 640.1 503.0 27.6 1,170.7 10.6 3.2 189.3 203.1 1,373.8 14.8

1971 662.5 515.2 17.5 1,195.2 11.2 4.6 204.3 220.1 1,415.3 15.6

1972 664.2 534.5 13.4 1,212.1 12.7 8.9 187.0 208.6 1,420.7 14.7

1973 703.4 533.1 13.8 1,250.3 20.4 30.7 196.3 247.4 1,497.7 16.5

1974 652.3 518.8 25.5 1,196.1 23.1 47.7 196.6 267.4 1,463.5 18.3

1975 670.6 510.1 26.0 1,206.7 24.4 46.7 199.6 270.7 1,477.4 18.3

1976 634.0 489.6 17.4 1,141.0 30.8 37.9 185.1 253.8 1,394.8 18.2

1977 608.2 494.8 19.6 1,122.6 55.0 85.4 211.5 351.9 1,474.5 23.9

1978 584.1 502.8 21.1 1,108.0 60.1 89.1 207.8 357.0 1,465.0 24.4

1979 563.1 498.5 23.6 1,085.2 84.8 113.6 204.8 403.2 1,488.4 27.1

1980 529.4 477.6 18.6 1,025.6 72.7 136.9 202.6 412.2 1,437.8 28.7

1981 488.8 463.9 27.9 980.6 63.3 109.7 207.3 380.3 1,360.9 27.9

1982 478.5 444.1 26.0 948.6 103.1 141.3 207.9 452.3 1,400.9 32.3

1983 441.6 388.7 29.7 860.0 94.44 135.04 195.8 425.2 1,285.2 33.1

1984 454.2 402.6 28.7 885.5 102.14 163.84 196.9 480.8 1,366.3 35.2

1985 476.5 424.9 26.0 927.4 151.05 137.85 196.8 485.6 1,413.0 34.4

1986 479.6 401.8 23.9 905.3 176.65 120.45 227.4 524.4 1,429.7 36.7

1987 537.3 478.1 24.8 1,040.2 209.75 162.45 212.3 584.4 1,624.6 36.0

1988 522.1 414.3 21.4 957.8 146.55 117.95 192.0 456.4 1,414.2 32.3

1989 566.7 445.7 22.7 1,035.1 109.05 139.95 210.3 459.2 1,494.3 30.7

1990 609.0 474.9 16.8 1,098.2 141.25 134.95 237.6 513.7 1,611.9 31.9

1991 471.2 432.2 16.4 919.9 137.65 165.65 183.34 486.5 1,406.4 34.6

1992 508.7 384.8 13.9 907.4 217.35 178.85 212.24 608.3 1,515.7 40.1

1993 433.4 399.4 11.8 844.6 193.35 199.65 177.24 570.1 1,414.7 40.3

1994 569.3 468.1 12.7 1,021.8 170.55 161.05 191.84 523.3 1,545.1 33.9

1995 530.6 386.1 8.1 924.9 162.55 148.65 196.74 507.8 1,432.6 35.0

1996 556.1 446.3 6.6 1,009.0 211.55 206.45 196.54 614.4 1,623.4 37.8

1997 541.0 379.2 9.8 930.0 226.55 207.95 198.44 632.8 1,562.8 40.5

1998 492.1 351.6 13.8 857.6 200.55 172.65 170.44 543.5 1,401.1 38.8

1999 436.9 273.36 12.86 722.9 211.65 219.15 206.44 637.1 1,360.0 46.8

2000 479.2 294.06 12.76 785.9 168.65 232.95 171.74 573.2 1,359.1 42.2

2001 388.9 246.46 4.06 639.3 217.45 194.75 167.64 579.7 1,219.0 47.6

2002 423.4 223.96 2.26 649.5 164.85 192.75 170.14 527.6 1,177.1 44.8

1Marketing year beginning October 1.

2Imports for consumption (duty paid) of leaf, scrap, and manufactured and unmanufactured.

3July-June year. Imports for consumption of Oriental leaf converted to farm-sales weight.

4General imports adjusted for stock change.

5Volume inspected by Agricultural Marketing Service adjusted for stock change.

6Estimated.
Economic Research Service, USDA 5

Losing Soviet bloc markets caused Cuba, in the 

1990s, to expand the citrus processing industry to

compensate for the loss of fresh export markets

Sources: González; González et al.

Figure 8

1,000 metric tons

Quantity of citrus processed 

1981 83 85 87 89 91 93 95

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

Soviet bloc collapse

Cuba's fresh citrus fruit exports grew rapidly

during the 1970-80s, then plummeted with the

Soviet bloc collapse

Source: FAOSTAT database.

Figure 7

1,000 metric tons

Cuba fresh citrus fruit exported

Total citrus

Oranges, tangerine, 

mandarin, clemantine, 

satsima

Grapefruit & polemo

1961 65 70 75 80 85 90 95 2000

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

Soviet bloc collapse

Lemons & limes

Table 3—Imported foreign-grown cigarette leaf stocks, by quarters, 1986-2003

Year Jan. 1 April 1 July 1 Oct. 1 Jan. 1 April 1 July 1 Oct. 1

Million pounds1

Foreign-grown flue-cured Foreign-grown oriental and aromatic

1986 231 217 258 251 346 391 375 340

1987 211 225 223 215 380 427 425 392

1988 193 199 196 212 400 376 349 296

1989 197 178 183 199 330 331 334 293

1990 181 170 188 202 325 348 339 296

1991 185 169 189 198 313 313 341 326

1992 194 191 231 269 396 405 401 356

1993 259 241 288 298 334 369 385 354

1994 277 276 296 287 350 330 349 352

1995 339 352 331 352 342 342 328 280

1996 364 391 391 406 308 428 332 306

1997 400 384 451 435 323 352 369 334

1998 434 406 416 395 335 356 352 339

1999 377 352 350 341 344 328 329 292

2000 352 302 300 303 295 271 261 241

2001 297 282 248 282 220 230 223 208

2002 281 261 265 282 204 216 214 199

2003 267 248 263 202 195 197

Foreign-grown burley Total imported cigarette leaf

1986 258 248 251 250 835 856 884 841

1987 240 232 225 199 831 884 873 805

1988 195 175 168 159 787 750 713 667

1989 171 157 170 151 698 667 687 643

1990 153 154 148 167 659 672 675 664

1991 166 159 180 228 664 660 710 752

1992 235 224 230 247 825 820 862 872

1993 259 285 296 319 866 895 969 972

1994 295 281 292 295 922 887 936 934

1995 323 326 298 305 1,003 1,019 957 937

1996 312 298 290 311 998 1,128 1,024 1,032

1997 310 221 325 374 1,043 966 1,156 1,154

1998 368 325 300 325 1,149 1,097 1,079 1,070

1999 315 297 280 286 1,064 988 970 930

2000 303 281 269 283 959 866 840 837

2001 284 269 238 269 791 790 753 766

2002 308 282 251 275 801 767 737 763

2003 268 285 269 745 735 737

1Farm-sales weight.
on hand declined 8 percent from July 1, 2002, to July 1,

2003. Oriental leaf use peaked in 1999 at 206.4 million

pounds. 

Tariff-Rate Quota Activity

For the period September 13, 2002, through September

12, 2003, which represents the 12 months upon which

the TRQ is calculated, (U.S. imports (all cigarette leaf

excluding Oriental) are limited to 332.2 million pounds.

At the end of the September 13, 2002-September 12,

2003, TRQ year, imports under the TRQ reached 70.9

percent of the limit or 235.6 million pounds, compared

with 74 percent during the previous period.

Under the TRQ, the volume of tobacco imports for

consumption under nine harmonized tariff subheadings, primarily flue-cured and burley, during the period

from September 13 in any year to September 12 of the

following year, are restricted as shown in table 4.

Foreign-Grown Cigar Leaf Use

Cigar leaf imports for consumption during 2001-02

(July-June) were 94.6 million pounds (farm-sales

weight). Year-earlier imports have been revised downward to 77.5 million pounds. U.S. production recovered from the 2001 season and increased by 1.5 million pounds in 2002. Production still remains about 10

million pounds below the levels of the 1990s.

Cigar leaf use in 2002/03 is estimated at 109.9 million

pounds (table 5). Of that, 87 percent, or 94.6 million

pounds was grown overseas. During 2000/01, imported cigar leaf represented a record-high 92 percent of

the 101.1 million pounds of total cigar leaf disappearance, the highest share since the 1970s. Estimated total

2001/02 cigar leaf use was 90.4 million pounds

(revised downward), consisting of 86 percent foreigngrown leaf.

Conclusion

The high price of U.S. tobacco has encouraged cigarette manufacturers to use an increasing share of

imported leaf in domestically-produced cigarettes.

This trend has been exacerbated by increased sales of

discount (generic) cigarettes which require cheaper

tobacco and the arrival in the marketplace of large

numbers of small cigarette manufacturers since the

Master Settlement Agreement took effect. The high

price of U.S. leaf is based partly on quality differentials (to a declining degree as foreign leaf quality

improves) and, increasingly, on the effects of the

Federal Price Support Program, which boosts domestic

leaf prices.

6 Economic Research Service, USDA

1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

Burley disappearance

Mil. lb

Source: ERS, USDA.

Figure 2

Domestic

Foreign

Table 4—Imports under the tariff-rate quota for

September 13, 2002 through September 12, 20031

2002/03 2002/03

Country Quota Imports TRQ used

Million pounds

declared weight Percent

Argentina 23.7 16.5 69.6

Brazil 176.8 157.1 88.9

Chile 6.1 0.0 0.0

EU 22.0 7.3 33.3

Guatemala 22.0 10.4 47.1

Malawi 26.5 14.2 53.7

Philippines 6.6 1.0 15.0

Thailand 15.4 13.6 87.9

Zimbabwe 26.5 8.9 33.6

Other2 6.6 6.6 100.0

Total 332.2 235.6 70.9

1 U.S. Tariff Schedule line items subject to the tariff-rate quota

(TRQ) include flue-cured and light air-cured tobacco, including burley, which are used in the manufacture of cigarettes for consumption

in the United States.

2A TRQ of 6.6 million pounds is available to all countries, other than

the nine designated quota recipient countries and is allocated on a

first come/first serve basis.

Source: U.S. Customs Service.
Table 5—Estimated disappearance of U.S.-grown and imported cigar tobacco, 1969-2002 

(farm-sales weight)

Year beginning July 11 Domestic Foreign-grown Total disappearance Foreign-grown2

Million pounds

1969 94.9 81.3 176.2 46.1

1970 84.8 92.8 177.6 52.3

1971 88.5 97.2 185.7 52.3

1972 77.1 103.8 180.9 57.4

1973 72.6 141.1 213.7 66.0

1974 62.8 107.3 170.1 63.1

1975 55.4 112.5 167.9 67.0

1976 53.7 117.2 170.9 68.6

1977 50.0 131.2 181.2 72.4

1978 53.2 67.8 121.0 56.0

1979 53.8 66.1 119.9 55.1

1980 52.5 79.3 131.8 58.1

1981 56.1 70.4 126.5 63.6

1982 47.3 65.6 112.9 58.1

1983 45.2 79.1 124.3 63.6

1984 42.5 69.5 112.0 62.1

1985 41.3 56.1 97.4 57.6

1986 47.2 47.2 94.4 50.0

1987 42.9 57.6 100.5 57.3

1988 31.4 39.5 70.9 55.7

1989 31.6 42.9 74.5 57.6

1990 31.9 51.4 83.3 61.7

1991 28.1 79.2 107.2 73.9

1992 26.2 82.9 109.1 76.0

1993 26.4 74.6 102.5 72.8

1994 26.4 76.5 104.2 73.4

1995 23.1 79.9 103.0 77.6

1996 26.7 80.0 106.7 75.0

1997 19.4 89.7 109.1 82.2

1998 22.0 80.8 109.0 74.1

1999 16.9 79.6 96.5 82.5

2000 8.0 93.1 101.1 92.1

2001 12.9 77.5 90.4 85.7

20023 14.4 94.6 109.0 86.8

1Marketing year beginning July 1 except beginning October 1 for domestically grown filler and binder.

2Imports for consumption (leaf and scrap).

3Estimated.

Economic Research Service, USDA 7
8 Economic Research Service, USDA

Table 6—U.S. imports of unmanufactured tobacco for consumption and general imports, principal 

categories, and countries of origin, 2002/2003 (declared-weight)

Imports for consumption General imports (arrivals)

Item July 2002- January-June Change from July 2002- January-June Change from

June 2003 2002 20031 2002-2003 June 2003 2002 20031 2002-2003

Million pounds Percent Million pounds Percent

Cigarette tobacco leaf (unstemmed):

 Oriental

 Turkey 72.3 49.6 40.3 -18.8 73.9 40.4 44.3 9.7

 Greece 14.6 7.4 8.2 10.8 12.2 11.9 10.4 -12.6

 Bulgaria 13.0 6.8 6.7 -1.5 12.1 5.9 6.7 13.6

 Lebanon 9.6 1.6 8.0 400.0 9.8 1.6 6.8 325.0

 Macedonia 6.5 6.6 2.9 -56.1 6.0 6.1 2.9 -52.5

 Tokelau 1.5 1.5 1.5 0.0 1.5 0.0 1.5 * 

 Other countries 1.3 0.9 0.1 -88.9 1.3 0.8 0.1 * 

 Total Oriental 118.8 74.4 67.7 -9.0 116.8 66.7 72.7 9.0

 Flue-cured 7.6 6.0 6.5 8.3 7.6 6.1 6.5 6.6

 Burley 2.8 1.3 0.4 -69.2 2.9 4.2 1.5 -64.3

 Other (unstemmed) * * * * * * * * 

Total unstemmed leaf 129.2 81.7 74.6 -8.7 127.3 77.0 80.7 4.8

Cigarette tobacco leaf (stemmed): 

 Flue-cured--

 Brazil 79.6 43.8 44.7 2.1 88.4 42.8 39.4 -7.9

 Other countries 44.0 18.6 20.8 11.8 35.8 23.3 17.8 -23.6

 Total stemmed flue-cured 123.6 62.4 65.5 5.0 124.2 66.1 57.2 -13.5

 NSPF--

 Brazil 40.4 30.6 19.3 -36.9 52.3 29.2 25.5 -12.7

 Malawi 25.8 17.8 11.8 -33.7 31.5 7.2 3.6 -50.0

 Argentina 13.9 6.2 7.0 12.9 19.4 0.2 2.4 1,100.0

 Thailand 8.6 4.8 6.1 27.1 11.4 1.0 3.7 270.0

 Guatemala 7.3 3.2 1.0 * 7.1 2.2 1.0 -54.5

 Mexico 6.3 2.0 1.8 -10.0 6.3 1.0 0.2 -80.0

 China 2.2 0.7 1.1 57.1 2.6 0.9 2.0 122.2

 Zimbabwe 1.9 0.5 1.1 120.0 1.3 2.2 1.3 -40.9

 Italy 1.6 0.9 0.9 0.0 2.4 0.1 0.3 200.0

 Other countries 5.9 4.5 2.2 -51.1 3.6 3.2 1.6 -50.0

 Total NSPF 113.9 71.2 52.3 -26.5 137.9 47.2 41.6 -11.9

Total cigarette leaf 366.7 215.3 192.4 -10.6 389.4 190.3 179.5 -5.7

Manufactured or not manufactured 

categories2 3.9 3.1 1.8 -41.9 3.4 2.3 1.8 -21.7

Total cigarette tobacco 370.6 218.4 194.2 -11.1 392.8 192.6 181.3 -5.9

Cigar tobacco:

Wrapper 2.7 1.7 1.3 -23.5 2.7 1.7 1.3 -23.5

Filler (stemmed and unstemmed)

 Indonesia 15.4 6.9 8.1 17.4 15.3 6.9 8.0 15.9

 Italy 11.9 3.0 4.8 60.0 11.9 1.1 4.4 300.0

 Dominican Republic 7.5 2.3 4.3 87.0 7.5 2.3 4.3 87.0

 Argentina 6.6 3.1 5.3 71.0 6.6 3.1 4.9 58.1

 Philippines 5.9 3.2 3.9 21.9 6.0 3.2 3.9 21.9

 Other countries 21.3 8.7 11.9 36.8 23.5 11.1 12.9 16.2

Total filler 62.7 24.0 34.4 43.3 64.8 24.5 34.5 40.8

Binder 0.9 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.9 0.5 0.5 0.0

Cigar scrap:

 Dominican Republic 0.4 0.1 0.4 300.0 0.4 0.1 0.4 300.0

 India 0.3 0.4 0.2 * 0.3 0.4 0.2 * 

 Other countries 0.6 0.7 0.2 -71.4 0.6 0.7 0.2 -71.4

Total cigar scrap 1.3 1.2 0.8 -33.3 1.3 1.2 0.8 -33.3

Total cigar tobacco 67.6 27.4 37.0 35.0 69.7 33.2 33.2 0.0

Other stemmed and unstemmed leaf 3.5 2.0 2.3 15.0 3.7 2.0 2.3 15.0

Stems 111.6 31.4 51.5 64.0 113.7 39.3 35.8 -8.9

GRAND TOTAL 553.4 309.6 285.0 -7.9 580.0 261.9 256.4 -2.1

 * = Negligible.

1/ Preliminary. 2/ Includes tobacco, manufactured or not manufactured, except smoking tobacco in retail packages, flue-cured, and tobacco, 

manufactured or not manufactured, not specially provided for (other).

Due to aggregation, rounding errors may occur.

Compiled from publications and records of the Bureau of the Census.