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Table 1 - Top Tobacco Employers in North Carolina, 2007

  Company Primary NAICS
Codes1		 No. of
Plants		 NC
Employment		 Total Sales
(US$ mil.)
1 Loews Corp. (Lorillard Tobacco Co.) 312221, 312229 5 2,663 1,511
2 Altria Group (Philip Morris USA) 312229 1 2,500 1,500
3 Alliance One Int'l. Inc.
(CRES Tobacco Co., Inc,) 		31221, 312229, 42459, 42491 5 1,085 750
4 Export Leaf Tobacco Co. 31221 1 1,000 750
5 Reynolds American Inc. 312221, 312229 11 763 519
6 Vector Group LTD 312221, 312229 2 420 401
7 Commonwealth Brands Inc. 312221 1 230 750
8 Top Tobacco LP 312229 1 104 35
9 Alternative Brands Inc. 312221 1 75 300
10 Kelly Farms 11191 1 60 2

1. North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS)

Primary NAICS Codes: 11191 (Tobacco Farming), 31221 (Tobacco Stemming and Redrying), 312221 (Cigarette Mfg.), 312229 (Other Tobacco Product Mfg.)
Other NAICS Codes: 42459 (Other Farm Product Raw material Merchant Wholesalers), 42491 (Farm Supplies Merchant Wholesalers)

Source: Reference InfoUSA, 2/07

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Table 2a - Plants and Employment in North Carolina's Tobacco Industry, 1996-2006

  NAICS   Number of Plants     Annual Average Employment  
      1996 2001 2006 change 96-01 change 01-06   1996 2001 2006 change 96-01 change 01-06
Tobacco Farming 11191   249 246 260 -1% 5% 2,687 1,667 1,701 -38%> 2%
 
All Tobacco Manufacturing 3122   39 37 27 -5% -27% 15,273 13,427 10,753 -12% -20%
Tobacco Stemming and Redrying 31221   11 15 7 36% -53% 3,572 2,546 2,153 -29% -15%
Cigarette Manufacturing 312221   6 11 14 83% 27% 11,096 10,635 8,308 -4% -22%
Other Tobacco Product Mfg 312229   22 12 6 -45% -50% 605 247 292 -59% 18%
 
Tobacco and Tob. Product Wholesalers 42494   42 41 48 -2% 17% 812 761 1,066 -6% 40%
NAICS = North American Industry Classification System.
Source: Employment Security Commission of North Carolina

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Table 2b - Average Annual Wages in North Carolina's Tobacco Industry, 1996-2006

  NAICS   Average Annual Wage per Employee % change % change
      1996 2001 2006 1996-2001 2001-2006
Tobacco Farming 11191 11,412 14,693 16,983 29% %
 
All Tobacco Manufacturing 3122 48,145 59,743 73,834 24% %
Tobacco Stemming and Redrying 31221 19,091 22,825 29,461 20% %
Cigarette Manufacturing 312221 58,826 69,030 86,700 17% %
Other Tobacco Product Mfg 312229 23,798 40,204 34,935 69% -%
 
Tobacco and Tob. Product Wholesalers 42494 28,246 36,534 38,452 % %

NAICS = North American Industry Classification System.
Source: Employment Security Commission of North Carolina

Note: The average annual wage found in the annual data is computed by dividing total wage payments by the average insured employment. These figures are not true average wage scales because (1) the wages, but not employment, of all the different persons on the payroll are reflected, and (2) the assumption is made that workers worked the full quarter or year although a number of workers are not employed the whole year or quarter, and certain plants may stand idle a portion of the quarter or year. These average wages should be considered merely as indicators of wage trends rather than actual wage rates.

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Table 3a - Establishments in North Carolina, 1990-2006

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Table 3b - Employment in North Carolina, 1990-2006

Table 3b

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Table 4 - Tobacco Layoffs and Plant Closings in North Carolina, 2004-2006

City County Date Company Product Reason   Number Affected
Mebane Alamance 10/1/04 Liggett Vector Brands Cigarette mfg. Restructuring 20
TOTAL 20
Durham Durham 5/1/04 Vector Group Ltd. Cigarette mfg. Restructuring 85
Research
Triangle Park		 Durham 10/1/04 Liggett Vector Brands Cigarette mfg. Restructuring 30
TOTAL 115
Winston-Salem Forsyth 9/1/04 R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. Cigarettes Restructuring 1,700
TOTAL 1,720
Timberlake Person 12/1/06 Wellstone Filters Cigarettes Financial difficulty NR
TOTAL 0
Wilson Wilson 5/1/05 Standard Commercial Tobacco Co. Tobacco processing Merger 127
Wilson Wilson 5/1/05 Standard Commercial Tobacco Tobacco processing Merger with Dimon 491
Wilson Wilson 11/1/05 Alliance One International Tobacco company Consolidation NR
TOTAL 618
  Grand Total 2,453
SOURCE: North Carolina Employment Securities Commission (http://www.ncesc.com)
NR - Not Reported
SIC Codes: Tobacco Products (21)

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Table 5 - Layoffs in North Carolina, 1990-2006

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