From transit hub to major supplier of illicit cigarettes to Argentina and Brazil: the changing role of domestic production and transnational tobacco companies in Paraguay between 1960 and 2003

Table 3 The expansion of the illicit trade in Brazil through Paraguay

	Tobacco products from Brazil		Tobacco products from Argentina		Tobacco products from the U.S		Tobacco products from Uruguay		Total		Total imports reported by PGY from all trade partners worlwide
	Exports to PGY reported by BRA	Imports from BRA reported by PGY	Exports to PGY reported by ARG	Imports from ARG reported by PGY	Exports to PGY reported by USA	Imports reported by PGY	Exports to PGY reported by URY	Imports reported by PGY	Exports to PGY reported by BRA, ARG, US, URY	Imports reported by PGY	In metric tonnes	In billion sticks^a
1993	11,118	2	33	47	2594	3488	0	12	13,745	3549	3668	3.5
1994	13,309	3263	1218	1813	1986	3511	0	32	16,513	8619	9025	8.6
1995	17,838	16,041	1633	2439	2200	3646	163	320	21,834	22,446	22,811	21.8
1996	12,920	24,727	1342	2167	1910	2839	3636	3340	19,808	33,073	33,745	32.3
1997	19,436	25,690	1687	2625	2239	3343	3333	4289	26,695	35,947	36,923	35.3
1998	23,355	22,093	1536	2128	2292	2152	6662	8519	33,845	34,892	35,452	33.9
1999	616	4171	2554	2983	983	1055	6434	8003	10,587	16,212	16,659	15.9
2000	0	45	1905	2147	No data in volume	887	6084	6824	7989	9903	10,321	9.9
2001	0	2	0	0	No data in volume	694	5489	4865	5489	5561	6132	5.9
2002	0	0	38	22	No data in volume	155	4669	4496	4707	4673	4865	4.7

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