Situation and Outlook Report: Tobacco

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Articles in June, 1991 issue of Situation and Outlook Report: Tobacco

• Tobacco products - American cigarette use declines, but production up due to export demand; decline in large cigar consumption; decline in chewing tobacco consumption while snuff tobacco consumption increases slightly - U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Economic
• U.S. exports and imports - exports of unmanufactured tobacco expected to fall for July 1990-June 1991, but U.S. exports for second half of 1991 may exceed previous year's due to tightening world supply, increased U.S. trade with developing countries, shif
• U.S. tobacco leaf situation and outlook - burley and flue-cured tobacco transplanting schedule ahead of normal by June 1991; amendment to Tobacco Inspection Act of 1935 requires growers to pay for USDA grading service; tobacco supply expected to decline;
• Fire-cured - larger fire-cured tobacco crop due to increased acreage and higher yields but supply 1% smaller due to lower beginning stocks; domestic use and exports rise - U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Economic Research Service report
• Cigar tobacco - production expected to decline slightly; USDA reallocates 1,551 acres of binder allotment in Wisconsin under terms of annual release and reapportionment program - U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Economic Research Service report
• Characteristics of flue-cured and burley farms compared - selected characteristics of flue-cured and burley tobacco farms compared, including acreage, production and yield to promote better understanding of two main types of tobacco grown in United States
  by Tom Capehart
• Flue-cured - stocks of flue-cured tobacco decline, domestic use and exports increase - U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Economic Research Service report
• Dark air-cured - domestic use and export of dark air-cured tobacco down in first half of 1990-91; prices up; 1991-92 supply expected to decline - U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Economic Research Service report
• Summary - 1990-91 tobacco industry forecast predicts increased cigarette production due to export demand with 2 1/2% decline in American cigarette consumption; decline in leaf exports; raise in auction prices due to tight supply and higher price supports;
• Southern Maryland - use down, but stocks forecast to decline - U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Economic Research Service report