produced almost six million metric tons of tobacco annually. The leading producer of tobacco worldwide is China, which produced over a third of the global amount in 2023. Other
were Brazil and India. The
was Philip Morris International, generating over 35.7 billion U.S. dollars in net sales in 2023. With just almost 34 billion U.S. dollars in sales, the British American Tobacco was the second leader among tobacco companies around the world that year. In 2024, Marlboro was by far the
in the world, with a brand value of more than 32.6 billion U.S. dollars.
Tobacco production in the U.S.
The United States is among the world’s largest producer of tobacco. In 2023, its
production volume was under half a million pounds with a
value of over one billion U.S. dollars. About 188 thousand acres of
tobacco were harvested in the United States in 2024. Since 2001, there has been a noticeable decline in harvested tobacco, at about 432.5 thousand acres that year, down over 200 thousand acres over 20 years. The
leading U.S. state in tobacco production has been by far North Carolina since 2021. Some 205 million pounds of tobacco were produced there as of 2024.
Tobacco industry in Brazil
In 2023, the leading country of
unmanufactured tobacco by export value was Brazil. That year, Brazil generated approximately 2.23 billion U.S. dollars in unmanufactured tobacco trade sales. Zimbabwe, which placed second in unmanufactured tobacco sales that year, generated approximately half of the export sales of Brazil. Processed tobacco leaves are the main product exported by the South American country, adding up to more than 2.4 billion dollars that year, or above 80 percent of the
sector's export value. In 2023, the
production of tobacco in Brazil reached the value of 10 billion Brazilian reals. In comparison to the previous year, when the revenue amounted to 8.5 billion, this represented an increase of nearly 25 percent. According to a recent survey cigarettes and e-cigarettes were the
most used tobacco products in Brazil. The majority of the respondents, however, did not use any type of tobacco products.
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