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Table 2 Illicit trade from Brazil and US via Paraguay in the early 1990s

From: From transit hub to major supplier of illicit cigarettes to Argentina and Brazil: the changing role of domestic production and transnational tobacco companies in Paraguay between 1960 and 2003

 

Cigarettes from Brazil

Cigarettes from the USA

Brazil + USA

  

Exports to PGY reported by BRA

Imports from BRA reported by PGY

Exports to PGY reported by USA

Imports from USA reported by PGY

Imports from BRA & USA reported by PGY

All imports reported by PGY

All imports reported by PGY (in billion sticks)a

1989

401

0

0

1566

1566

1632

1.6

1990

1365

0

0

1759

1759

1787

1.7

1991

2586

0

2478

3877

3877

3995

3.8

1992

5703

5

2196

3277

3282

3747

3.6

1993

11,118

2

2594

3488

3490

3668

3.5

  1. Source: UN Comtrade, HS Code 240220: ‘Cigarettes; containing tobacco’
  2. In metric tonnes
  3. aConversion from metric tonnes to cigarettes: 1 kg = 956.4 cigarettes [31]