Largest Tobacco Producing Countries in the World
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The tobacco growing in any moist and warm environment which cultivated in all continents except Antarctica. The Cultivation of Tobacco is easy and using in products such as Chewing tobacco, Cigars, Cigarettes, Creamy snuff, Dipping tobacco, Gutka, Snuff and etc. All kind of tobacco contains the recreational drug called Nicotine, most of the countries banned the advertisement of tobacco products. The Tobacco production in the world increased as a demand for the tobacco products constantly grown. China is the largest Tobacco producing country with the output of 3.15 million tons of tobacco in 2011. Brazil and India are the next largest producers with production of 951,000 tons and 830,000 tons respectively. There are millions of tobacco users worldwide and the cigarette which is famous in culture is used in every country in the world.
| Rank | Country | Production Quantity (MT) | Production Value (in $) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China, mainland | 3157000 | $5,028,355,000 |
| 2 | Brazil | 951933 | $1,516,204,000 |
| 3 | India | 830000 | $1,321,994,000 |
| 4 | United States of America | 271363 | $432,217,000 |
| 5 | Malawi | 174928 | $278,619,000 |
| 6 | Argentina | 145000 | $230,950,000 |
| 7 | Indonesia | 130300 | $207,537,000 |
| 8 | United Republic of Tanzania | 130000 | $207,059,000 |
| 9 | Zimbabwe | 111570 | $177,704,000 |
| 10 | Pakistan | 102834 | $163,790,000 |
| 11 | Italy | 82175 | $130,885,000 |
| 12 | Bangladesh | 79234 | $126,201,000 |
| 13 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 79000 | $125,828,000 |
| 14 | Mozambique | 70000 | $111,493,000 |
| 15 | Thailand | 67900 | $108,148,000 |
| 16 | Zambia | 60329 | $96,089,000 |
| 17 | Viet Nam | 49395 | $78,675,000 |
| 18 | Turkey | 45000 | $71,674,000 |
| 19 | Philippines | 44944 | $71,585,000 |
| 20 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 43000 | $68,488,000 |
