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....roduction of Tobacco. <br>News and Press Release<br>Dated:- 7-5-2012<br><BR>Press Information Bureau Government of India Ministry of Commerce & Industry 07-May-2012 15:20 IST Production of Tobacco The details regarding estimated production and consumption of tobacco is as under: Year Production (Million Kgs) Consumption (Million Kgs) 2009-10 757.00 501.00 2010-11 701.09 472.00 201....
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....1-12 670.00 475.00 Source: Tobacco Board/ Industry The details regarding value of export of tobacco and its products is as under: (Value in Rs. Crore) Year Unmanufactured Tobacco Tobacco Products Total 2009-10 3655.49 746.80 4402.29 2010-11 3192.39 1018.02 4210.41 2011-12 (provisional) 3107.02 1063.29 4170.31 Source: Tobacco Board There has been a decline in production and c....
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....onsumption as well as export of tobacco and tobacco products in 2011-12 over 2009-10. The total area under tobacco cultivation during 2009-10 was 2.56 lakh hectare which has been increased to 2.68 lakh hectare during 2010-11. The total area under tobacco cultivation during 2011-12 has come down to 2.17 lakh hectare. Government has received representations/ appeals requesting ban/restriction on....
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.... smoke / tobacco consumption. The Government of India with an objective to protect citizens, with special attention to risk groups such as pregnant women and children, and to discourage consumption of cigarettes and other tobacco products enacted "The Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, ....
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....(COTPA), 2003. I addition to this, the Tobacco Board regulates the crop size for FCV Tobacco. The data regarding excise and custom duty on tobacco and its products is as under: Excise Collected on Tobacco Products (Rs. in crore) Products 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 Cigarettes 9310.23 9555.67 11170.45 Chewing Tobacco 916.63 1062.05 1053 Biris 488.52 489.69 471.62 All other Tobacco P....
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....roducts in Chapter 24 of Foreign Trade Policy 2584.93 2745.96 2807.07 Total 13300.31 13853.27 15502.35 Source: Department of Revenue Custom Duty Collected on Tobacco Products (Rs. in crore) Products 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 (up to Jan, 2011) Cigarettes 1.5614 2.2395 3.4151 Chewing Tobacco 0.0002 0.0003 0.2130 Biris 0.0100 0 0.1600 All other Tobacco Products in Chapter 2....
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....4 of Foreign Trade Policy 11.7788 12.1127 21.8520 Total 13.3505 14.3526 25.6401 Source: Department of Revenue This information was given by Shri Jyotiradiya M. Scindia, Minister of State for Commerce & Industry in written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today. DS/GK<BR> News - Press release - PIB....


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