DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 69

 ESTIMATED WORLD PRODUCTION OF FLUE-CURED

 TOBACCO

 1935-39 Av., 1947-51 Av., 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955 and 1956

 (Harvested during Calendar Year)

 (in million lbs., farm sales wt.)

 Country 1935-39 1947-51 1952 1953 1954* 1955 1956*
China 151 250 260 290 300 500 525
Japan 74 87 110 127 156 209 208
Canada 55 112 132 132 170 118 154
Southern Rhodesia 25 82 99 105 119 132 166
India 27 65 75 111 106 128 128
Brazil 13 46 26 59 56 55 64
Italy 4 16 25 24 26 26 24
Thailand 1 8 17 23 18 22 16
Formosa (Taiwan) 4 13 19 22 22 26 34
Union of South Africa 4 22 22 15 15 17 19
Korea 22 19 13 15 31 27 32
Argentina 1 8 11 15 15 20 32
Indonesia 0 *: 7 10 18 27 21
Northern Rhodesia 2 5 10 10 8
Western Germany 0 2 7 9 10 10 7
Venezuela 0 3 6 6 11 8 7
Australia 5 4 8 7 8 7 7
New Zealand 1 5 6 5 4 4 5
Nyasaland 2 3 3 4 4
Mexico 1 4 4 4 5 5 3
Pakistan 0 2 3 4 7 9 12
British E. Africa 0 2 3 4 5
Philippines ** 1 3 2 4 15 48
Other Foreign Countries 6 19 25 32 35 39 42
Total Foreign Countries 398 778 894 1,035 1,153 1,404 1,554
Total U.S. Production 864 1,246 1,365 1,272 1,320 1,483 1,422
Total World Production 1,262 2,024 2,259 2,307 2,473 2,887 2,976
 Preliminary.
 ** Less than 500,000 lbs.