The Market for US FlueCured Tobacco

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The Market for US Flue-Cured Tobacco

• Blake Brown
• NCSU
• August 30, 2000

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US Cigarette Market
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Flue-Cured Disappearance
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Flue-Cured Tobacco Imports for Consumption
(metric tons)
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US Flue-Cured as a of tobacco used in US
cigarettes
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US Burley as a of tobacco used in US cigarettes
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Imported Tobacco as a of tobacco used in US
cigarettes
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Brazilian Reals per US (Annual weighted
exchange rate)
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Flue-Cured Grower Prices per pound
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Exports to the European UnionMetric Tons
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Brazilian, US, and Zimbabwe Flue-Cured Production
(million lbs)
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Dry Weight Production of Flue-Cured Tobacco
(metric tons)
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Exchange Rates 1995 US per Brazilian Reais
From 1994 to 1999, value of Reais fell from 1.09
to 0.75 a 31 decline