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HAVANA Cheap Air Max 2017 , Sept. 4 (Xinhua) -- Cuba's cigar industry breathed a sigh of relief following the news that the 2016-2017 tobacco harvest was bountiful, despite a severe drought.


While thousands of hectares of the key cash crop withered, potentially denying the government its target goal of 29,000 tons of tobacco leaf, the yield has been good.


So far, 24,000 tons of tobacco have been harvested in the main producing province of Pinar del Rio Cheap Air Max 2018 , as well as central Sancti Spiritus and Cienfuegos.


Officials may yet achieve their original target once the numbers are in from all tobacco-growing regions.


Pinar del Rio alone yielded over 19,000 tons, the highest amount in 11 years. Cuba's westernmost province accounts for 70 percent of national output.


It was tobacco that first brought settlers to Pinar del Rio some 200 years ago, when thousands of Spanish immigrants, mostly from the Canary Islands, moved there in the early 19th century in hopes of striking it rich with the so-called Cuban gold.


"A tobacco grower must love what he does," Justino Rodriguez Cheap Air Max , told Xinhua. His family has been in the business for generations, based out of Vinales, a town in Pinar del Rio located 181 km west of Havana.


"If it rains too hard, that's not good for tobacco. If it's too hot, that's also very bad for the plant; growers have to run and take all the necessary measures to protect their fields," said Rodriguez.


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Today, most Cubans descended from Canarian immigrants still live in the west and the central territories, where life is inextricably linked to tobacco.


Sancti Spiritus, located 357 km east of Havana, is the island's second biggest producer. It reported a harvest of 3,460 tons, 200 tons more than last season.


Most experts agree the introduction in 2006 of a higher-yield and more resistant variety of tobacco saved the day.


According to Justo Fuentes Cheap Air Max 2017 Shoes , president of the state-run entrepreneurial group Tabacuba, "this harvest will be very good for national industry because we will have a bigger reserve of tobacco than before."


The plan in 2017 is to manufacture 95 million cigars, said Fuentes. So far, 38 million cigars have been exported, mainly to Europe, Asia and the Middle East.


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The San Juan and Martinez Tobacco Experiment Station in Pinar del Rio has promoted 12 varieties of tobacco grown on the island (black, burley and virginia).


Two days ago, the station's director, Nelson Rodriguez, announced the introduction of two new varieties: Virginia San Luis 23 and Virginia San Luis 24. Designed for cigarette manufacturing Cheap Air Max Shoes , these varieties produce more than 30 useful leaves, while most tobacco plants produce about 18 leaves.


Two other varieties with similar characteristics are being tested for hand-rolled premium cigars, he said.


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