Tobacco
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Part of The American Chamber of Commerce Journal
- Title
- Tobacco
- Creator
- Pujalte, Luis A.
- Language
- English
- Source
- The American Chamber of Commerce Journal Volume XXVII (Issue No.11) November 1951
- Year
- 1951
- Rights
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- Fulltext
- November, 1951 AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE JOURNAL 387 tons, as compared with 9,256,000 tons last year. As yields were exceptionally favorable last year, a reduction for 1951 was not unexpected. Russia’s 1951 production is estimated at 2,300,000 metric tons, as compared with 2,180,000 tons last year. Mexican Production. The latest estimate of 1951 production is 670,000 metric tons, as compared with 585,000 tons for 1950. It is reported that production may reach 750,000 tons in 1952. It is too early to say how much, if any, of the 1952-production would be made available for export after taking care of domestic needs which are esti mated at 680,000 tons. 1952 United States Consumption Quota. Hearings on the 1952 sugar requirements will be held at the U. S. Department of Agriculture on November 29. Tobacco By Luis A. Pujalte Secre tary-Treas urer Manila Tobacco Association, Inc. RUSH tax-legislation, not critically analyzed and studied, always leaves loopholes which are taken advantage of first by a few of the wide-awake, then by others, to the detriment of the national economy. During the past three years we have had considerable of this type of legislation rushed through Congress which has repeatedly had to be amended. A good example is the law placing a specific tax on cigarettes, which, if I am not mistaken, has been amended at least three times, and awaits still another amendment because of an error in the descriptive classifi cation. The intention of the latest amendment was to levy a tax of P10 per thousand on cigarettes manufactured with imported Virginia Bright Leaf. The description in this case was correct, but the description of cigarettes manufactured from local dark leaf was not clear, and since cigarettes made from local leaf are wrapped in a label only, without tinfoil or cellophane, and are not packed in cartons or covered with paraffin or waxed paper, the following description was used for qualifying a product for the min imum tax: “And provided further, That on all cigarettes of eighty milli meters or less in length not wrapped in tinfoil or cellophane por packed in cartons or covered with paraffin or wax paper, a tax of three pesos and five centavos per thousand shall be collected if the wholesale' price, less the amount of the tax, does not exceed five pesos per thousand, and a tax of eight pesos per thousand shall be collected if the wholesale price, less the amount of the tax, exceeds five pesos per thousand, but the tax shall be increased by fifty per centum per thousand if such cigarettes are more than eighty millimeters in length. Seven or eight months ago, a manufacturer studied the law carefully and then started making and selling a low-grade Virginia-type cigarette following the description of the cigarettes in the minimum tax bracket, and now many other manufacturers have followed suit with the result that the tax collections have not come up to expec tations. The chronic ills of illegal manufacture and of smuggling are also still contributing in a big way to low cigarette tax collection. Imports By S. SCHMELKES Mercantile, Inc. A LL figures are in kilos with the exception of those for ■^"foodstuffs, which are given in package units: Commodities September, 1951 September, 1950 Automotive (Total)................................... 1,563,888 582,228 Automobiles............................................. 289,825 215,070 Auto Accessories..................................... 7,145 937 Auto Parts................................................ 281,853 Bicycles...................................................... 642 Trucks........................................................ 8,102 Truck Chassis.......................................... 214,627 Truck Parts.............................................. 128,336 Building Materials (Total)..................... 9,828,477 Board, Fibre............................................ 142,593 Cement....................................................... 3,742,085 Glass, Window........................................ 359,945 Gypsum..................................................... 2,000,000 Chemicals (Total)...................................... 11,431,778 Caustic Soda............................................ 1,084,379 Explosives (Total)..................................... 285,935 Firearms (Total)......................................... 112 Ammunition.............................................. — Hardware (Total)....................................... 3,575,986 Household (Total)..................................... 1,025,862 Machinery (Total)..................................... 2,615,029 Metals (Total)............................................. 4,414,026 Petroleum Products (Total)................... 51,155,706 Radios (Total)............................................ 23,299 Rubber Goods (Total)............................. 1,002,658 154,099 6,811 7,476 140,879 35,171 1,894,208 160,487 35,950 149,735 8,206,772 795,116 10,626 9,681 2,632,213 732,590 1,156,003 5,108,134 74,140,334 21,803 906,529 Beverages, Misc. Alcoholic..................... 5,348 7,182 Foodstuffs (Total Kilos)........................ 37,521,633 16,014,226 Foodstuffs, Fresh (Total)...................... 125,550 110,734 Apples........................................................ 13,755 29,839 Oranges...................................................... 12,353 5,000 Onions......................................................... 29,145 16,031 Potatoes..................................................... 28,264 17,516 Foodstuffs, Dry Packaged (Total)... . 13,673 24,956 Foodstuffs, Canned (Total)................... 296,344 210,270 Sardines................................................... 33,153 38,043 Milk, Evaporated................................ 99,091 75,910 Milk, Condensed.................................... 59,400 29,057 The DUO-FAST PEN-SIZE PAPER FASTENER You can take it with you every day. 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- 387