Tobacco Exports Increase Strongly

Source from:  tobaccoreporter.com India, Tuesday, May 29, 2007 05/30/2007

India's tobacco exports during 2006-07, at 179.899 million kg, were up by 7.8 per cent on those of the previous year, 166.869 million kg, according to a Business Standard report. At the same time, the value of these exports increased by 21.0 per cent from Rs141.347 billion to Rs171.320 billion. Tobacco Board chairman, J. Suresh Babu, was quoted as saying that exports comprised 152.779 million kg of leaf tobacco worth Rs124.311 billion and 27.120 million kg of tobacco products worth Rs47.009 billion. Flue-cured exports, at 121.073 million kg worth Rs106.794 billion, were increased by 10 per cent in quantity and by 24 per cent in value. Enditem