MOVEMENTS AND TRENDS IN THE PRODUCTION OF ORIENTAL TOBACCO IN MACEDONIA

Pashovska, Silvana MOVEMENTS AND TRENDS IN THE PRODUCTION OF ORIENTAL TOBACCO IN MACEDONIA. PROCEEDINGS / First international scientific agri-business conference "agro mak" 2025, "organic and functional food with rural tourism - sustainability and future of macedonia and the region of southeastern europe", Sveti Nikole, North Macedonia, 04. – 06, 351. ISSN 978-608-67371-0-8

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Abstract

Macedonia is a country where good oriental tobaccos are traditionally grown, in addition to the
famous regions in Turkey, Izmir and the Sea of Marmara area, where there are ecological conditions for
the production of quality oriental tobaccos. After the rapid structural change in cigarette consumption with
the acceptance of the American blend, 90% of tobacco production in Macedonia is oriented towards the
foreign market. The basic formula of the American cigarette blend is based on the formula of the R. J.
Reynolds cigar company, first introduced in 1913, with the percentage of blends: 50% "Light Virginia",
25% "Berley", 20% Oriental tobaccos and 5% other types of tobacco. Today, this formula is the gravity
point around which tobacco blends are made to produce the American blend of cigarettes, depending on
the smoking tastes of consumers from different countries around the world. In that regard, according to the
statements of the producers - processors and cigarette companies, the tobaccos in the Republic of
Macedonia are not second-rate, but on the contrary, independent and unique in terms of quality and aroma.
Today the leading variety is "P-66", which stabilizes the production and significantly improves the quality.
The characteristic of relative stability of tobacco production indicates that the possibilities for replacing
tobacco with other, alternative crops are marginal and unpromising. The poor and dry soils are the most
suitable for the tobacco culture from several aspects: social, economic and profitable compared to any other
culture. Occasional oscillations in tobacco production depend on weather conditions that affect their quality
and quantity. Starting from the requirements of the world market, the scientific and technological
achievements in the world and the available natural, production and human potentials, it can be concluded
that, today, and even more so in the future, the need to raise the quality of tobacco production will be
expressed in many higher level, taking into account the demands of the buyers and the need for efficient and
effective production.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Scientific Fields (Frascati) > Social Sciences > Economics and Business Scientific Fields (Frascati) > Agricultural Sciences > Other agricultural sciences
Divisions:	Scientific Tobacco Institute
Depositing User:	Prof. d-r. Silvana Pasoska
Date Deposited:	05 Jun 2026 07:47
Last Modified:	05 Jun 2026 07:47
URI:	https://eprints.uklo.edu.mk/id/eprint/10888

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