World’s leading unmanufactured tobacco producing, trading, and consuming countries (metric tons dry weight)

	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997^1-1-150
Production
World total	7 325 157	5 609 552	6 579 289	5 547 668	7 312 915
China, People’s Republic of	3 118 000	2 000 000	2 082 600	2 910 600	3 315 600
United States	651 511	641 181	513 247	625 454	667 680
India	522 540	475 200	528 390	506 475	544 050
Brazil	509 000	365 000	323 500	367 000	497 053
Turkey	280 803	155 818	170 070	190 391	245 260
Zimbabwe	201 992	152 490	179 243	178 605	165 240
Exports
World total	1 735 554	1 694 877	1 768 823	1 956 381	1 924 745
Brazil	243 500	275 500	256 300	282 500	294 000
United States	207 747	196 792	209 482	222 316	221 509
Zimbabwe	188 261	203 485	174 289	195 958	175 572
Turkey	91 350	112 411	136 392	170 098	156 200
India	91 000	22 390	77 680	118 000	115 000
Italy	124 563	110 332	118 839	138 829	107 000
Imports
World total	1 765 584	1 786 902	1 797 557	1 977 436	1 939 307
United States^1-1-151	359 738	264 390	199 088	326 455	306 838
Germany^1-1-152	154 175	182 785	209 761	235 855	250 000
Russian Federation	144 125	143 080	148 110	125 296	148 800
United Kingdom	124 324	97 958	141 467	166 027	131 876
Netherlands	83 623	86 546	89 075	97 368	97 500
Japan	118 651	135 543	115 072	85 634	96 000
Consumption
World total	6 958 079	6 860 867	6 332 896	6 504 763	6 303 870
China, People’s Republic of	2 907 029	2 808 734	2 208 554	2 313 705	2 115 134
United States	725 241	667 146	699 200	714 138	710 000
India	426 045	438 605	463 920	472 070	478 760
Indonesia	139 733	165 786	183 050	196 670	200 550
Japan	179 235	190 000	196 900	197 250	195 700
Brazil	143 000	152 500	166 900	179 400	187 400

Source: US Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service, Circular Series FT-02-98, February 1998, Table 1, page 8.
↵1-1-150 Estimate.
↵1-1-151 General imports (actual arrivals).
↵1-1-152 Unified Germany.