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Article: Tobacco & cigarette industry. (Pakistan)(Industry Overview)
- Article from:
- Economic Review
- Article date:
- November 1, 1995
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INTRODUCTION
Tobacco, a basic raw material for cigarette industry. At the time of independence several types of tobacco were produced in the country having commercial importance except Virginia Tobacco, a type of tobacco used in the production of cigarettes. In the year 1948 plantation of virginia tobacco started in the country and slowly reached its peak of production by producing 80 million pound crop of Virginia tobacco and Pakistan became the fifth largest producer of all types of tobacco in the would with the total production of 249 million pounds in 1972. Currently the country produces sufficient quantity of tobacco to meet the domestic requirement with ...