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TMI BlogProduction of Tobacco.X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Production of Tobacco. X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... 11-12 670.00 475.00 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 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... consumption 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 o ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... n 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, ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... (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 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Products 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 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... 24 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.
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