One of the countries of destination is the Netherlands. The tobacco often arrives in the Netherlands after a long sea journey. Having passed through customs the tobacco is stored in bonded warehouses; once it is called for its journey to the tobacco factory can continue.
The tobacco processing industry in the Netherlands can be subdivided into:
the fine-cut tobacco industry
the cigarette industry
the cigar industry
Although all these industries are important to the Netherlands, the story here, as we said at the beginning, is confined to the first one: the fine-cut tobacco industry. The fine-cut tobacco industry derives its name from the way the tobacco leaf is processed, the way it is cut. The tobacco leaf is cut on the cross.
The three types of fine-cut tobacco are:
tobacco for hand-rolled cigarettes
pipe tobacco
chewing tobacco
The Dutch fine-cut tobacco industry has acquired a sound reputation over the centuries. Tobacco buyers accumulated considerable knowledge and feeling about tobacco and the tobacco world trade. And the factories with their melangeurs or blenders and tobacco processors in their turn have turned Dutch fine-cut tobacco into a quality product through their care and dedication. The blends are made for the Dutch smoker, but many people elsewhere in the world appreciate Dutch fine-cut tobacco products.
