Lok Sabha Question No. 5678 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-04-02
Subject: Tobacco Trade
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO, KUNWAR HARIBANSH SINGH, NARANBHAI KACHHADIA, ANWHAR RAAJHAA, VIJAY KUMAR S.R., T. RADHAKRISHNAN, SUNIL BALIRAM GAIKWAD, SUDHEER GUPTA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5678 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02 nd  APRIL,2018

## TOBACCO TRADE

5678.   SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO:

KUNWAR HARIBANSH SINGH:

SHRI NARANBHAI KACHHADIYA:

SHRI A. ANWHAR RAAJHAA:

SHRI S.R. VIJAYAKUMAR:

SHRI T. RADHAKRISHNAN:

SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA:

DR. SUNIL BALIRAM GAIKWAD:

Will the Minister of COMMERCE & INDUSTRY ( वािणÏय एवं उɮयोग मंत्री ) be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  total  value  and  volume  of  tobacco  trade  generated  from  all  tobacco products;
- (b) whether the Government has captured data on the economic significance of trade in terms of generation of employment, boost to consumption of other products from earnings of tobacco trade;
- (c) if so, the details thereof along with the details of the economic value generated by the tobacco trade and the estimated livelihood dependent on tobacco trade;
- (d) the details of the permission given by the tobacco Board for production of Tobacco during each of the last three seasons and the current season; and
- (e) the total production of tobacco by farmers during the said period?

## ANSWER

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THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (SHRI C. R. CHAUDHARY)

- (a) The  details  of  total  value  and  volume  of  tobacco  trade  generated  from  all  tobacco products  for last 3 years and current year are as under:

(Qty in MT/ Value in Million USD)

| Export                 | 2014-15   | 2014-15   | 2015-16   | 2015-16   | 2016-17   | 2016-17   | 2017-18 (Till Jan-18)   | 2017-18 (Till Jan-18)   |
|------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|                        | Qty.      | Value     | Qty.      | Value     | Qty.      | Value     | Qty.                    | Value                   |
| TOBACCO MANUFACTURED   |           | 278.61    |           | 316.68    |           | 324.31    |                         | 276.20                  |
| TOBACCO UNMANUFACTURED | 219572    | 680.01    | 215316    | 665.33    | 204447    | 634.38    | 151888                  | 484.05                  |
| Total                  |           | 958.62    |           | 982.01    |           | 958.69    |                         | 760.25                  |

| Import                 | 2014-15   | 2014-15   | 2015-16   | 2015-16   | 2016-17   | 2016-17   | 2017-18 (Till Jan-18)   | 2017-18 (Till Jan-18)   |
|------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|                        | Qty.      | Value     | Qty.      | Value     | Qty.      | Value     | Qty.                    | Value                   |
| TOBACCO MANUFACTURED   |           | 32.76     |           | 29.74     |           | 34.07     |                         | 25.08                   |
| TOBACCO UNMANUFACTURED | 1930      | 15.90     | 2883      | 20.54     | 1969      | 11.47     | 1237                    | 9.06                    |
| Total                  |           | 48.66     |           | 50.28     |           | 45.54     |                         | 34.14                   |

(Source: DGCI&S)

- (b) & (c)  No  Madam.  There  is  absence  of  reliable  data  on  the  economic  significance  of trade  in  terms  of  generation  of  employment,  boost  to  consumption  of  other  products from earnings of tobacco trade.  However, as per the industry estimates, Indian tobacco industry provides livelihood of over 45.7 million people including farmers, farm labour, merchant traders, processors, manufacturers, wholesale and retailers across the supply chain.
- (d) The  details  of  the  crop  size  for  FCV  Tobacco  decided  by  the  Tobacco  Board  for production of FCV tobacco during each of last three seasons and the current season are as under: -

( Qty in Million Kg )

| Crop season               |   Andhra Pradesh |   Karnataka |   Total |
|---------------------------|------------------|-------------|---------|
| 2014-15                   |              172 |         104 |     276 |
| 2015-16                   |              120 |         100 |     220 |
| 2016-17                   |              130 |          95 |     225 |
| 2017-18 (Current Season ) |              136 |          99 |     235 |

(Source: Tobacco Board )

- (e) The total production of FCV tobacco by farmers during the above said period is as under:-

(Qty in Million Kg)

| Crop season                |   Andhra Pradesh |   Karnataka |   Total |
|----------------------------|------------------|-------------|---------|
| 2014-15                    |           190.05 |      103.4  |  293.45 |
| 2015-16                    |           118.24 |       71.95 |  190.19 |
| 2016-17                    |           105.35 |       98.72 |  204.07 |
| 2017-18* (Current Season ) |           124.93 |      106.12 |  231.05 |

(* estimated production)     (Source: Tobacco Board)

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