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Monthly Statistical Release - Tobacco Products

Reporting Period:
February 1998

(Numbers of Cigarettes and Cigars-Pounds of Pipe, Chewing Tobacco and Snuff)

February 1998

January 1998

February 1997

CURRENT
YEAR-TO-DATE

PREVIOUS
YEAR-TO-DATE

Manufactured or received from Puerto Rico
Cigarettes - Small

60,285,434,320

60,720,234,534

60,359,158,668

121,005,668,854

128,935,663,993

Cigarettes - Large

0

0

0

0

0

Cigars - Small

122,757,340

134,420,798

116,861,000

257,178,138

228,283,000

Cigars - Large

240,618,480

260,543,209

153,575,942

501,161,689

324,060,899

Snuff

4,798,669

5,024,650

4,614,632

9,823,319

9,574,486

Chewing Tobacco

4,315,826

4,998,189

4,843,048

9,314,015

10,138,583

Pipe Tobacco

493,937

464,286

569,378

958,223

1,179,442

Removed Taxable including from Puerto Rico
Cigarettes - Small

36,678,037,087

35,885,398,343

36,828,388,666

72,563,435,430

74,527,330,005

Cigarettes - Large

0

0

0

0

0

Cigars - Small

105,437,576

119,163,415

101,789,120

224,600,991

223,537,320

Cigars - Large, Class A

102,741

149,592

57,550

252,333

110,731

Class B

2,585,240

2,517,212

3,002,986

5,102,452

5,905,224

Class C

690,870

457,166

566,610

1,148,036

900,895

Class D

12,888,812

8,895,528

10,681,547

21,784,340

20,209,683

Class E

10,870,600

9,583,600

2,920,920

20,454,200

5,602,820

Class F

56,323,140

55,341,365

70,020,835

111,664,505

151,355,000

Class G

140,353,431

138,002,230

97,658,735

278,355,661

201,153,840

Class H

21,118,445

16,974,266

10,347,698

38,092,711

19,666,951

Total Large

244,933,279

231,920,959

195,261,731

476,854,238

404,909,994

Snuff

4,750,492

4,694,169

4,494,135

9,444,661

9,335,998

Chewing Tobacco

4,364,328

4,188,437

4,844,722

8,552,765

9,111,954

Pipe Tobacco

413,765

442,911

404,313

856,676

902,045

Removed Tax Exempt - Cigarettes
Small - Export

17,633,922,412

16,534,658,900

19,074,263,296

34,168,581,312

39,294,564,828

Transfer to Export Warehouses

493,366,600

209,903,000

509,306,800

703,269,600

957,846,800

Use of the U.S.

0

24,000

12,000

24,000

96,000

Personal Consumption/Experimental

11,547,530

11,628,776

10,755,731

23,176,306

24,471,148

Total Small

18,138,836,542

16,756,214,676

19,594,337,827

34,895,051,218

40,276,978,776

Large

0

0

0

0

0

Removed Tax Exempt - Cigars
Small - Export

13,934,000

7,416,000

5,159,000

21,350,000

9,145,000

Transfer to Export Warehouses

6,000

0

18,000

6,000

30,000

Use of the U.S.

200

0

0

200

6,000

Personal Consumption/Experimental

12,200

13,975

23,050

26,175

33,750

Total Small

13,952,400

7,429,975

5,200,050

21,382,375

9,214,750

Large-Export

8,568,360

12,246,552

9,442,600

20,814,912

15,912,400

Transfer to Export Warehouses

2,007,880

272,800

223,200

2,280,680

618,800

Use of the U.S.

0

0

2,000

0

14,000

Personal Consumption/Experimental

35,450

39,433

38,865

74,883

81,991

Total Large

10,611,690

12,558,785

9,706,665

23,170,475

16,627,191

Removed Tax Exempt - Smokeless Tobacco
Snuff-Export and To Export Warehouses

50,715

57,661

51,373

108,376

122,943

Other

1,762

1,093

6,302

2,855

8,890

Chewing Tobacco-Export & to Export Warehouses

9,698

135

25,761

9,833

37,738

Other

462

485

546

947

1,092

Removed Tax-Exempt - Pipe Tobacco
Export and To Export Warehouses

53,765

19,303

73,006

73,068

109,841

Other

0

0

0

0

0

Date Issued: June 29, 1998 Report Symbol: RCS ATF R A:I 1323-1 (1/81)

(Numbers of Cigarettes and Cigars-Pounds of Pipe, Chewing Tobacco and Snuff)

ON HAND / CLOSE OF BUSINESS

February 1998

January 1998

February 1997

Cigarettes - Small

44,748,518,886

38,966,731,241

42,748,744,893

Cigarettes - Large

0

0

0

Cigars - Small

185,675,651

183,009,727

160,552,409

Cigars - Large

275,631,139

247,254,347

200,698,342

Snuff

2,066,264

2,113,789

1,928,459

Chewing Tobacco

2,592,998

2,634,159

2,413,396

Pipe Tobacco

256,801

233,374

343,164

 

 

February 1998

January 1998

February 1997

CURRENT
YEAR-TO-DATE

PREVIOUS
YEAR-TO-DATE

IMPORTED FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES
Entered/Withdrawn for Consumption
(As reported by the Bureau of the Census)
Cigarettes - TOTAL

499,744,000

222,264,000

323,740,000

722,008,000

577,964,000

Cigars - Small

3,040,000

1,585,000

1,281,000

4,625,000

3,915,000

Cigars - Large, Class A-G

5,826,000

2,850,000

4,155,000

8,676,000

6,208,000

Cigars - Large, Class H

67,978,000

26,009,000

33,442,000

93,987,000

57,281,000

Total Large Cigars

73,804,000

28,859,000

37,597,000

102,663,000

63,489,000

Snuff

1,187

2,121

0

3,308

0

Chewing Tobacco

4,919

7,352

9,079

12,271

21,098

Pipe Tobacco

58,155

62,769

58,649

120,924

109,802

Released to Domestic Factories Without Payment of Tax
(Included in above category)
Cigarettes - Small

62,326,975

54,000

256,262,800

62,380,975

375,344,600

Cigarettes - Large

0

0

0

0

0

Cigars - Small

0

0

0

0

0

Cigars - Large

0

0

0

0

0

Snuff

0

0

0

0

635,002

Chewing Tobacco

0

0

0

0

0

Pipe Tobacco

0

0

0

0

0