Where the tobacco dollar goes?
4c is for the tobacco itself
7c is for non-tabacco materials
43c is for manufacturing
21c is for wholesale, retail and transport
15c up to 246c is for state and local tax
Biggest producers of tobacco leaves as of 2001
(thousands of metric tons)
China 2661
India 701
Brazil 568
USA 450
Turkey 260
Zimbabwe 175
Indonesia 147
Italy 132
Greece 130
Malawi 120
Pakistan 103
Argentina 101
Top 10 tobacco leaves exporters (thousands metric
tons as of 1999)
Brazil 343
USA 191
Zimbabwe 164
China 132
Turkey 129
India
120
Greece 101
Italy 94
Malawi 93
Argentina 73
Top 10 tobacco leaves importers (thousands metric
tons as of 1999)
Russia 263
USA 241
Germany 190
UK 113
Netherlands 113
Japan 99
France 71
Ukraine 70
Poland 60
Egypt 55
Cigarettes export from USA (biggest cigarettes
exporter in the world) - metric tons, as of 2000
to Japan 77133
to Saudi Arabia 10637
to Cyprus 7093
to Belgium 6691
to Germany 5134
to Lebanon 4227
to Israel 4437
to
Korea 4681
to Singapore 3388
Tobacco leaves export from USA - metric tons, as
of 2000
to Germany 39039
to Belgium 10520
to Russia 9252
to Netherlands 8946
to Italy 7181
to Denmark 7111
to Turkey 12218
Cigarettes consumption worldwide (billions of sticks)
1910 - 100
1920 - 300
1930 - 600
1940 - 1000
1950 - 1686
1960 - 2150
1970 - 3112
1980 - 4338
1990 - 5419
2000 - 5500
