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Business - Ugandan Exports [Tobacco]
TOBACCO:
Tobacco is one of the major cash crop grown in Uganda.
The areas that are famous for good quality tobacco production include the West Nile region
where about 56,000 farmers are growing the crop on small-holder acreages,
Western region in particular ,the districts of Masindi, Hoima, Rukungiri, Kabale and Kisoro.
By 1999, about 21,500 Metric Tones of tobacco were produced.
Tobacco produced in Uganda is partly processed for domestic market as well as for export.
In 1999, tobacco worthy US$ 34 million was exported.
MAJOR EXPORTER OF TOBACCO
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