RALEIGH, N.C.—The Tobac
co Merchants Association (TMA)
announced that the U.S. tobacco
industry registered a trade surplus
of $4.8 billion in 1991.
The 1991 trade surpius was
down $873.4 million or 15.4 per
cent from 1990’s record trade
surplus of $5.7 billion.
According to TMA, the lower
trade surplus was due because of a
decrease in the value of cigarette
exports from $4.8 billion in 1990
to $4.2 billion in 1991 as well as an
increase in the value of total tobac
co imports from $BlB million to
$1.2 billion.
Farrell Delman, TMA president,
said, “At $4,8 billion, the U.S.
tobacco industry’s trade surplus
was the sixth largest contributor of
all U.S. industries to the positive
side of the nation’s trade ledger.”
As in 1990, airplanes and airplane
parts remained the top contributor
at 526.9 billion, followed by chem
icals (all), $lB.B billion; scientific
instruments, $6.7 billion; special
ized industrial machines, $5.6 bil
lion; com, $5.1 billion; and tobac
co, $4.8 billion. While these indus
tries had positive trade balance
contributions, the U.S. imported
overall some $66.2 billion more
than it exported.
Though U.S. cigarette manufac
turers exported a record 179.4 bil
lion cigarettes in 1991, up from the
164.3 billion cigarettes exported in
1990, the export value of these
shipments was down to $4.23 bil
lion as compared to $4.76 billion
in 1990. Delman attributed the
decrease in export value to “price
hedging, associated with the stron
ger U.S. dollar, coupled with a
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Tobacco Association Notes Trade Surplus
desire to penetrate financially
strapped new American-blend
markets with flagship brands.”
TMA reported that the leading
countries of destination for U.S.
cigarette exports in 1991 were
Japan (30 percent of total); Bel
gium (26.9 percent); Hong Kong
(8.9 percent); Turkey (5.5 per
cent); Saudi Arabia (4.2 percent):
United Arab Emirates (4.2 per
cent); the former USSR (2.6 per
Delaware
DOVER, Del. Six Delaware
farm families received Century
Farm awards during a ceremony
this week in honor of having kept
an operational farm in the family
for 100 years or more.
Century Farm Awards are pre
sented to families who have owned
and operated a farm for at least 100
years. Farms must include at least
10 acres of the original parcel and
generate a minimum income from
the sale of agricultural products in
order to qualify for the program.
The program is administered
through the Department of Agri
culture. Applicants are required to
submit deeds and other documen
tation to the Century Farm Review
Committee in order to be consid
ered for the distinction. The com
mittee consists of representatives
from farm and historical organiza
tions throughout the state.
Each Century Farm recipient
received an engraved pewter tray
and a large sign which can be dis
played on the property to signify it
is a Century Farm.
This year’s recipients are:
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cent); South Korea (2.2 percent);
Singapore (1.9 percent); and Tai
wan (1.8 percent).
‘These ten destinations, none of
which are classified as developing
or less-developed countries,
accounted for 88.3 percent of all
cigarette shipments for this per
iod,” said Delman.
Substantial increases in U.S.
cigarette exports have been real
ized in recent years due to the
Farms Receive Century Honors
• Joseph and Kathryne Mitchell,
husband and wife, of Hockessin.
Their farm dates back to 1796 and
currently produces poultry, eggs,
grain, sheep, mums, pumpkins,
and Indian com.
• Robert A. Beck and his sister
in-law, Brenda C. Beck, of Port
Penn. Their farm dates back to
1863. It is the only farm among
this year’s recipients that does not
generate over $lO,OOO in income
from agricultural production, but
the family derives some income
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opening of the key Asian markets
of Japan, Taiwan, South Korea,
and Thailand and deeper penetra
tion into markets in the Middle
East Exports have also been bols
tered by recent access to markets in
Turkey and Eastern Europe, in par
ticular the former Soviet Union.
“U.S. cigarette exports are now
permitted to compete in growing
markets formerly dominated by a
single state monopoly,” Delman
said. “In order to compete against
from grain production, muskrat
trapping and duck blind rentals.
• McColley Farms, owned by
William H. McColley of Milford.
This grain farm dates back to 1889.
■ Beatrice H. Mcllvaine and her
daughter, Elaine M. Tobin, of Har
beson. The farm was originally
purchased in 1861 and currently
produces com, soybeans, and fac
tory beans.
• T. Noble Jurrell HI of Dover.
His grain farm dates back to 1878.
• W. Gail Smith and her chil
dren, Lea Smith Carl and S. Rod-
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U.S. cigarettes, known for their
high quality the worid over, our
competitors are now required to
use higher quality ingredients,
including U.S. tobacco leaf.”
Delman also noted that, at 499.3
million pounds, shipments of
American grown leaf rose 6.8 mil
lion pounds in 1991. However, the
value of these exports, at $ 1.43 bil
lion, was down $ 12.8 million when
compared to 1990.
mond Smith 111. The family Farm,
located in Middletown, was pur
chased in 1730 and currently pro
duces small grains.
The six new Century Farm
Award recipients bring the total
number of farm families inducted
into the program to 50.
For more information about the
program or to begin paperwork to
qualify your own farm for the Cen
tury Farm distinction, contact
Cathy Mesick of the Department
of Agriculture’s aglands preserva
tion section at (302) 739-4811.
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