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| | Chapter 31 Tobacco exports, imports and smuggling |
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| | The US exported 188 billion cigarettes worth $3.9 billion, and another $1.8 billion of |
| | other tobacco products in 1992. This accounted for a substantial portion of the overall |
| | agricultural trade surplus of $18 billion in 1992. 29% of the cigarette exports were to |
| | Japan. |
| | San Francisco Chronicle, December 31, 1992, and Discovery Journal, June 1993 |
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| | 31% of US-made cigarettes are now exported, a total of 243.9 billion in 1996, and |
| | tobacco and Tobacco exports, imports and smuggling tobacco products are now the |
| | leading US agricultural export |
| | USA Today, April 18, 1997, p. 4B, and NEJM, March 28, 1991, p. 917 |
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| | From 1975 to 1994, US cigarette exports soared 340% to 220 billion cigarettes, or |
| | 30% of all domestic production. American success in removing trade barriers has not |
| | simply let US companies gain market share, but substantially increased the total |
| | number of Asian smokers. |
| | San Francisco Chronicle, September 30, 1996, p. E1 |
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| | In 1992, Philip Morris reported a 19% increase in overseas sales from the previous |
| | year, with 421.1 billion "units" sold. PM has been issued a business license for |
| | Vietnam, and RJR Nabisco was represented in a US delegation that visited Vietnam |
| | in late 1993. |
| | Americans for Nonsmoker's Rights Update, Spring 1994, p. 3 |
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| | In 1984, about 640 billion cigarettes were manufactured in the United States for |
| | domestic use, the most ever, and overseas exports were another 52 billion. By 1993 |
| | manufactured cigarettes for domestic consumption had declined to below 500 billion, |
| | but overseas sales of American cigarettes had increased to 195.5 billion per year. |
| | Newsweek, July 4, 1994, p. 45, and USA Today, May 18, 1994 |
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