Socotab LLC is one of the leading oriental tobacco leaf merchants in the world
and is a partner company of Universal Leaf Tobacco Company, Inc.
The Socotab Group operates in all of the classical oriental growing regions
and supplies most of the leading international cigarette manufacturers.


Oriental tobacco is a sun-cured tobacco type predominantly grown in Turkey,
Greece and the Balkans. Due to the soil, climatic conditions and genotype,
oriental tobacco yields high levels of aromatic smoke. The oriental tobacco
plant belongs to the main species of tobacco, Nicotiana tabacum. It is
distinguished from other types in the same category by its relatively small
leaves, of which a large number are usually produced, and its aromatic qualities. The leaves themselves differ widely according to the precise plant
considered and may, for example, have either well-developed stems
or extend almost to the stalk of the plant. (source: Tobacco Encyclopedia,
Tobacco Journal International, 2000)

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