Tobacco

Infobox on Tobacco
Example of Tobacco
Facts
Origin	This table shows only a selection of the most important countries of origin and should not be thought of as exhaustive. Europe: Turkey, Italy, Greece, France, Spain, Portugal, Bulgaria, Germany, Russia, Belgium, Croatia, Bosnia, Macedonia, Albania, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan Africa: Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique, Madagascar, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Cameroon, Ghana Asia: China, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Thailand, Philippines, Pakistan, Burma, Iran America: USA, Canada, Brazil, Mexico, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Colombia, Paraguay, Argentina Australia: Queensland, Victoria, New South Wales
Stowage factor (in m3/t)	3.00 m3/t (Asian leaf tobacco from India, bales wrapped in jute fabric, 102 kg) 5.70 m3/t (Oriental tobacco from Greece, bales wrapped in jute fabric, 29.2 kg) 2.8 - 3.4 m3/t (American tobacco, corrugated board cartons, 200 kg) 5.1 - 5.4 m3/t (American tobacco, bales from Havana, 50 kg) 5.1 - 5.7 m3/t (American tobacco, bales from Brazil, 150 kg) 4.0 - 4.8 m3/t (Asian tobacco, bales from China, 75 kg) 2.3 - 3.4 m3/t (Asian tobacco, bales from Sumatra, 70 - 80 kg) 2.8 m3/t (Asian tobacco, bales from Java, 80 kg 4.6 - 5.1 m3/t (Oriental tobacco, bales, 60 kg) 3.1 - 3.6 m3/t (Oriental tobacco, small bales)
Humidity / moisture	Relative humidity: 65 - 70% Water content: 12 - 14%(Oriental tobacco) 10 - 13% (Virginia tobacco) 10 - 12% (Virginia, Burley tobacco) 12 - 14% (Oriental tobacco) 11 - 15% Maximum equilibrium moisture content: 60 - 65% (Oriental tobacco) 50-65% (Virginia tobacco)
Oil content	-
Ventilation	Tobacco requires particular temperature, humidity/moisture and possibly ventilation conditions. Tobacco is generally transported in 40' or 20' standard containers. Ventilated containers are only used for transport from regions with critical climatic conditions, such as Indonesia or the Dominican Republic. If tobacco is loaded as conventional general cargo, ventilation is not normally required, provided that the water content of the tobacco corresponds to set values and there is no risk of sweat formation. If this is not the case, an air exchange rate of 6 changes/hour (airing) or just return air is advisable. Over-vigorous ventilation may dry out the tobacco and cause crumbling or fragmentation damage. For this reason, the system is switched to only vigorous return air.
Risk factors	Under suitable conditions, tobacco has a tendency to postfermentation and self-heating. Tobacco very readily absorbs foreign odors; is extremely sensitive to contamination, moisture damage, mechanical stresses and insect infestation.

Tobacco