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

Table 7 Tobacco leaf imports reported by Paraguay, and estimated cigarette production, 1989–2003

	Imported tobacco leaf availability for cigarette production	Estimated cigarette production	Year-on-year increase
	Metric tonnes	Billion cigarettes	Billion cigarettes
1989	231	0.3	N/A
1990	689	0.8	0.55
1991	1790	2.2	1.33
1992	1265	1.5	−0.63
1993	2220	2.7	1.15
1994	3101	3.7	1.06
1995	3590	4.3	0.59
1996	4852	5.8	1.52
1997	6408	7.7	1.87
1998	10,278	12.4	4.66
1999	7802	9.4	−2.98
2000	14,909	18	8.56
2001	23,601	28.4	10.47
2002	19,138	23.1	−5.38
2003	22,272	26.8	3.78

Source: UN Comtrade. Positions 240110-240120-240130. Volumes of 240110 were adjusted by -11%, the rest of tobacco leaves entered without losses in the tobacco fill

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