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•Lo4rrzcco toanufactur, .ug, includi.nd ; ]ca;.f handlina and
procce.i;•,;fng opera.tions, previded di .rec :t enploynient for co:no
115,000 porconr: i.n 1 .062 . Thoso tobacce mor.3cer[< earned
$ 500 ini 1P .i.oat 9.n w(t6ar and salaries in 1>i62 . Theee opera-t
:ionE;, 3ilco tobacco EavmA .nE, are of pei ratnount 4mportance
to the Ccono :ny of co ertaf.n (ste.t.ee„ EAnco the facilities
and c quipmont ueed fn nianufacturfnt; tahac:co products,
incaud)n(; e£I'.'eretteE :, a1Rt highly Apeei,al`A8®d, any enh• .
fDtantinYl redUOtion in th3 d4nand a'()r C:f garett'.es would
render thiN hi .(t'31•-coflt CG,nili mcnt vallkEi .e6n, ab Y/ell aE
cauEte.n(; G[1hStftntY .al Unel~lYO1tt5n1E3Lt in the areaB in question .
In the li4r,trS .UutS.on of toUacco producte, both vihole-
sal.e and ret.ai.3 ., i.t ics etit :iv:atod that naore than 300,0110
pc+re',ons aro omployed vth.ono jobs n:ea d'xreotl.y att:aihuted
to the calc or^ tobacco nrod .uctr. . Y'here a.re over 7.,500,000
outlets Yor tobacco productr, c.rn(t countless etnployeoH,
ot:hcn than those direc'k.l.y anvolvoci, recei .ve pa.+.•t of their
i.ncorao f'rotn thc sale off tobacco products .
To bAcco n .7 so contributes signi.fi.a:antly to solving
Aarter9.ct .' s dif'ficu?.t balance of payotentia problem . Tobacco
3.eaf i .rn AmorS .ceJ(; f'ourth Rnrgest com mod'xt,v export . ]n
1064, about O10 million pounds of loaf, valued at $4 l ;.'
mtJ . :lAon, cva4 exportcd, 77he Un9.ted Sta.E:ecu ie zloo the
rrorJd' s Aeadi .n, expor'ter of o2t5arettes ; theso oxporte.
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