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The tobacco chain in colombia is composed by two links, first, which it is related to the primary sector and is conformed by the blond and black tobacco leaves without desvenar or desnervar. The second link contains all products elaborated with base in the tobacco leaves, like cigarettes of blond and black tobacco, the pure cigarettes and and the tobacco to smoke.
In 2003 in Colombia 13,451 hectares with tobacco, 0.35% of the total of the surface cultivated in Colombia were cultivated. 26,332 tons were obtained, of which near 51% it corresponded to the different types from blond tobacco and 49% rest from the black tobacco Garci'a type and cubita. Between the 1998 and 2003 area cultivated with tobacco every year in average was of 14,510 hectares, with which they were generated more than 2.5 million wages per year, which in terms of generated use is equivalent little to less 15,000 annual uses.
Colombia has all the suitable characteristics to develop an industry of the Tobacco. In the first place it counts on a climatic wealth that it allows the culture of different varieties from tobacco in almost all the national territory, in addition the presence to plagues is almost null in comparison with countries. The tobacco zones are in the departments that have warm climates: Bolivar, Magdalena, Tolima and specially Santander of the South, that produces more than half of the Colombian tobacco.
In agreement with the Colombia Corporation the International, in the world they are possible to be classified to Japan, France, Italy, Germany, Omán and China, like "Highly Attractive" markets, because his volumes average of imports and respective rates of annual growth average, surpass world-wide values (3,129 metric ton. and -1%). Hong Kong, Cyprus, Singapur, Paraguay and Russia, consider "Potential" markets, although they have volumes concerned greater to the world-wide average, his dynamic ones do not surpass the growth obtained by the world. * source agrocadenas.gov.co
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