Table 5.9: IMPORTS OF TOBACCO, 2000 - 2011

Year

Tobacco Leaves (Kgs)

Number of cigars

Number of cheroots / Cigarillo

Number of cigarettes

Chewing tobacco by weight (Kgs)

Smoking tobacco by weight (Kgs)

Pipe tobacco by weight (Kgs)

2000

24,449.06

304,266

2,188,139

252,638,840

3,246.65

3,127.08

3.50

2001

44,168.70

187,156

5,703,050

223,540,520

2,405.28

2,988.06

0.40

2002

45,533.88

315,080

4,750,600

229,788,400

8,398.13

6,247.80

12.00

2003

30,598.25

289,183

6,108,585

226,903,220

4,718.08

6,470.40

17.50

2004

63,056.02

226,473

8,219,973

256,676,880

7,900.91

3,321.25

55.60

2005

45,505.15

200,968

43,685,700

263,461,671

11,976.92

4,698.69

62.60

2006

36,034.29

836,168

15,916,005

255,544,900

22,019.04

3,067.68

1.55

2007

24,493.13

316,207

29,513,560

286,444,050

17,949.77

3,742.45

28.19

2008

29,810.81

586,111

37,161,335

334,128,160

25,511.08

4,375.50

274.96

2009

10,654.61

366,317

30,780,355

348,020,191

24,325.16

540.50

71.99

2010

32,827.75

237,074

22,606,045

346,371,400

20,447.78

4,786.88

66.90

2011

21,879.40

331,789

21,002,520

454,893,880

30,280.85

3,674.39

17.85

Source: Maldives