Tobacco
Media
Part of The American Chamber of Commerce Journal
- Title
- Tobacco
- Creator
- Pujalte, Luis A.
- Language
- English
- Source
- The American Chamber of Commerce Journal Volume XXVIII (Issue No.1) January 1952
- Year
- 1952
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- Fulltext
- 22 AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE JOURNAL January, 1952 COLUMBIAN ROPE COMPANY OF PHILIPPINES, INC. HEMP AND COPRA EXPORTERS STEAMSHIP AGENTS * 206 Myers Building Port Area, Manila, P. I. ¥ BRANCHES! Davao • Tacloban • Cebu • Tabaco MARY BACHRACH BLDG., Tel. AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES — IfolA 25th Street, Port Area 3-32-81 considerable damage to the sugarcane crops and properties in all districts. In some districts the damage was worse than in others and it is estimated that the overall crop loss will be about 10%. A revised estimate is in course of preparation. Before the typhoon the total crop was esti mated at 1,189,756.88 short tons. It is reported that the Philippine National Bank has increased its crop loan basis from P7.80 to P9.50 per picul in order to assist planters in repairing the damage sustained to their properties. Tobacco By Luis A. Pujalte Secretary-Treasurer Manila Tobacco Association, Inc. LATEST reports from the different tobacco produc ing regions are that transplanting from seed-beds to the fields has been delayed. In Isabela and Cagayan the delay is from two to four weeks. In Cebu and other Visayan islands transplanting was done in time but typhoon "Amy” damaged most of the transplanted seedlings. For tunately, enough seedlings were still available at the seed beds and new seed-beds were planted so that, though delayed, fields will be fully planted. The dangers of delayed transplanting are that insufficient moisture may stunt the plants and the yield would be shorter and of strong gummy leaf. Then also, should the rains and storms come earlier than usual, rains would wash the leaves prior to harvest which would mean a bad crop—easily susceptible to worms and mold. 't’he specific taxes on cigarettes collected by the Bureau of Internal Revenue during the first 3 quarters of 1951 are as follows: (All Factories in Manila and its Suburbs Caloocan, Malabon, Pasay City, and Quezon City) Month Native Cigarettes Local Virginiatype Cigarettes Total January.............. ............ P 698,620.625 P 6,115,132.00 P 6,813,752.63 February............ ........... 709,035.19 2,318,506.40 3,027,541.59 March................. ........... 731,088.25 2,457,980.20 3,189,068.45 April.................... ........... 693,202,375 2,791,110.70 3,484,313.08 May..................... 800,801.1875 3,734,025.40 4,534,826.59 June..................... ........... 671,114.625 3,850,866.95 4,521,981.56 July...................... . . . 736,114.75 4,325,060.40 5,061,175.15 August................ ........... 664,218.50 3,766,792.40 4,431,010.90 September......... ........... 697,337.75 3,902,057.90 4,599,395.65 Total........... P6,401,533.25 P33,261,532.35 P39,663,065.60 Imports By S. ScHMELKES Mercantile, Inc. ALL figures are in kilos with the exception of those for foodstuffs which are given in package units: Commodities Automotive (Total)............................................ Automobiles...................................................... Auto Accessories.............................................. Auto Parts......................................................... Bicycles............................................................... Trucks................................................................. Truck Chassis................................................... Truck Parts....................................................... Building Materials (Total)............................... Board, Fibre..................................................... Cement............................................ Glass, Window.................................................. Gypsum.............................................................. Chemicals (Total)............................................... Caustic Soda..................................................... November, 1951 1,832,089 183,054 530 277,410 1,397 58,916 378,758 179,319 5,632,866 23,667 1,428,087 830,742 16,759,864 1,495,718 November, 1950 534,276 100,575 715 216,201 2,507 69,248 34,556 10,903,143 8,575,101 295,304 75,582 6,495,319 263,862
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