PRINCETON. N.J. The
United States tobacco industry
closed the first quarter of 1993
with a trade surplus of $877 mil
lion, a decrease of almost $124
million or more than 12 percent,
when compared to the first quarter
of 1992, according to the Tobacco
Merchants Association (TMA).
This compares to the nation’s
merchandise trade deficit of
$20.64 billion, which was up al
most $9.5 billion or 85 percent
when compared to the first quarter
of 1992.
“In the first quarter of 1993,
U.S. cigarette manufacturers ex
ported 45.7 billion cigarettes, val
ued at $911.2 million, up nearly
$85.4 million or 10.3 percent over
the first three months of 1992,”
said Farrell Delman, President of
TMA. “This helped propel the
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U.S. Tobacco Industry Shows Trade Surplus
first quarter tobacco products sur
plus, of almost $984 million, up
over 8.8 percent,” he said.
‘The following 10 destinations
accounted for almost 81 percent of
all US cigarette exports in the first
quarter of 1993,” said Delman: Ja
pan (25.5 percent of total); Bel
gium (19,5 percent): Hong Kong
(8.1 percent); Saudi Arabia (6.1
percent); Turkey (5.5 percent);
United Arab Emirates (4.6 per
cent); Lebanon (4.1 percent);
Singapore (3.3 percent); South
Korea (2.1 percent); and Russia (2
percent). “Cigarettes are one of
the few U.S. manufactured pro
ducts having a surplus position
with Japan,” he said. •
In spite of the 8.8 percent in
crease in the value of exported to
bacco products, the decline in the
positive contribution made by dir
ect leaf exports explains the de
cline in the overall first quarter
performance,” said Delman. The
majority of these imports, he said,
were oriental tobacco, a type of to
bacco which is not grown in the
U.S. but is required in the manu
facture of American blend cigar
ettes. “The more cigarette we ex
port, the more we need to import
LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.)
All Lancaster County farmers
are asked to certify their 1993 crop
plantings, land uses, acreage con
servation reserve, and other prog
ram acreage with the Lancaster
County Agricultural Stabilization
and Conservation Service
(ASCS).
The final certification date for
program crops is July IS for com,
soybeans, tobacco, hay, and
vegetables.
“Certification is the procedure
by which farmers report their
program acreage to establish their
eligibility to receive the benefits
of price support, deficiency pay
ments and other farm program
benefits,” said Ray A. Brubaker,
ASCS county director. Acreage
reports are required for all partici
pating farms.
He said that growers not partici
pating in the 1993 programs
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oriental leaf,” Delman said.
At more than $77 million, the
positive trade contribution from
the leaf tobacco sector was down
almost 53 percent when compared
with the first quarter of 1993. Leaf
tobacco exports of nearly 63.4
million kilograms, valued at over
$365 million, were down 9.6 per
cent in quantity and almost 17 per-
should report their acreage to
establish planting history, ensure
future benefits, and protect crop
acreage bases.
After certification, ASCS will
select farms at random to verify
that acreage reports arc accurate.
Aerial photographs are available
for farmers to help identify their
fields.
Brubaker said crop reporting is
particularly important to produc
ers who may want to participate in
Conservation Meeting Set
LEESPORT (Berks Co.) To
assure that conservation practices
are providing effective solutions
to soil and water problems in
Berks County, the Agricultural
Conservation Review Group
(CRG) will meet at the Berks
County AG Center in Bern Town
ship at 1 p.m. Tuesday, July 20, to
discuss conservation issues.
The CRG will examine the agri
cultural conservation, forestry in
centives and water quality pro
grams.
“It is important to review and
discuss changes made in the pro
grams during the past year,” Rich
ard Troutman, chairman of the
Berks County ASC Commit
tee,said.
He said the group will identify
specific conservation problems,
set overall program priorities,
goals, policies, and practices to
make programs more effective in
preventing soil erosion and pro
tecting water quality.
The CRG will study the effect
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cent in value, while leaf tobacco
imports at 91.8 million kilopams,
valued at over $2BB million, were
up 24 percent and 4 percent, re
spectively.
“The apparent world tobacco
glut is making it more difficult for
the U.S. to export its higher priced
leaf, and easier to import lower
priced leaf,” Dclman said.
a future USDA program.
Crops may be certified at any
lime between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
Monday through Friday. “We
encourage farmers to certify as
soon as possible after planting and
not wait until the deadline date to
report their acres,” the ASCS offi
cial said.
Appointments are suggested to
avoid waiting in the office. For
more information, contact the
Lancaster County ASCS Office at
(717) 397-6235.
of sodbustcr, swamp buster, and
conservation compliance provis
ions, and the Endangered Species
and Historic Preservaion Act on
conservation programs.
“We will consider cost effective
means to reduce soil erosipn. on
crop, pasture and forest laiids;
conserve water and reduce agri
cultural non-poiont source pollu
tion,” ASCS official Troutman
said.
Members of the CRG include
ASCS, Soil Conservation Service,
Farmers Home Administration,
Berks County Conservation Dis
trict, Extension Service, county
commissioners, Berks Environ
mentalist, Bureau of Forestry,
DER conservation specialist, PA
Game Commission, PA Fish
Commission, and Pomona
Grange.
Interested organizations and
persons are invited to attend. For
more information and availability
of handicapped accommodations,
call Josephine Bodock (215)
478-7158.
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