Division 6 Tobacco

Content of the notification: for each raw tobacco variety group:

1. (a)

   number of farmers;

2. (b)

   area in hectares;

3. (c)

   quantity delivered in tonnes;

4. (d)

   the average price paid to farmers, excluding taxes and other levies, expressed per kg of product.

Period of notification: by 31 July of the year following the harvest year.

Member States concerned: Member States with a planted area of more than 3 000 hectares of tobacco for the previous harvest.

Other: the variety groups of raw tobacco are:

1. Group I:

   Flue-cured: tobacco dried in ovens with controlled air circulation, temperature and humidity, in particular Virginia;

2. Group II:

   Light air-cured: tobacco dried in the air under cover, not left to ferment, in particular Burley and Maryland;

3. Group III

   Dark air-cured: tobacco dried in the air under cover, left to ferment naturally before being marketed, in particular Badischer Geudertheimer, Fermented Burley, Havana, Mocny Skroniowski, Nostrano del Brenta and Pulawski;

4. Group IV:

   Fire-cured: tobacco dried by fire, in particular Kentucky and Salento;

5. Group V:

   Sun-cured: tobacco dried in the sun, also called ‘Oriental varieties’, in particular Basmas, Katerini and Kaba-Koulak.