Although grown on small areas, tobacco provides income well above that afforded by other crops. In the last crop, the gross income paid to a contingent of about 800 thousand rural farmers totalled R$ 3.2 billion
Well-entrenched as the largest tobacco exporter in the world, Brazil broke yet another important record in 2007. All told, 700 thousand tons were exported to more than 100 countries, generating a total of US$ 2.2 billion (FOB).