Commerce Department Reviews FCV Tobacco Market in Andhra Pradesh

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Department of Commerce delegation led by Additional Secretary visited Andhra Pradesh on July 25 to review the FCV tobacco market situation
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Team visited the Tobacco Board Auction Platform at Vellampalli and interacted with growers on prevailing market conditions
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Government assured measures to safeguard FCV tobacco farmers' interests in coordination with Andhra Pradesh and the Tobacco Board

●Tobacco Board: statutory body under Tobacco Board Act, 1975; HQ Guntur, Andhra Pradesh; under Ministry of Commerce & Industry (Department of Commerce)
●Chairman: Yashwanth Kumar Chidipothu; regulates production, curing, marketing and export of Virginia tobacco in India
●Flue-Cured Virginia (FCV) tobacco: cured in heated enclosed barns; used primarily in cigarettes; Andhra Pradesh is the largest producer, followed by Karnataka
●India is the second-largest producer of FCV tobacco globally (after China) and the second-largest exporter of unmanufactured tobacco
●2026-27 crop size capped at ~81 million kg by the Tobacco Board to stabilise prices
●WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC): adopted May 21, 2003; India ratified February 5, 2004; 183 parties; governing body is the Conference of the Parties (COP)
●Delegation met AP CM and Tobacco Board officials; reviewed the transparent auction process at Vellampalli platform

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GS Paper 3 > Agriculture > Cash Crops, Marketing and Trade

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Answer: All four States

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Flue-Cured Virginia (FCV) Tobacco

Tobacco cured in heated enclosed barns, producing a bright leaf with high sugar and low oil content, used mainly in cigarette manufacturing

Tobacco Board

Statutory body under the Tobacco Board Act, 1975, headquartered in Guntur, regulating Virginia tobacco production, marketing and export in India

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•Tobacco Board: est. 1975 Act, HQ Guntur, under Ministry of Commerce & Industry
•India: 2nd largest FCV tobacco producer (after China) and 2nd largest exporter of unmanufactured tobacco
•WHO FCTC: adopted 2003, India ratified Feb 2004, 183 parties

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The Tobacco Board of India, which regulates FCV tobacco production and marketing, is headquartered in which city?

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