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METI is an international tobacco merchant specialized in supplying both manufactured and unmanufactured tobacco products from various origins around the world. With substantial experience in the tobacco industry, we offer our customers Flue Cured Virginia, Burley, Dark Air Cured, Dark Fire Cured and Oriental tobacco laminas, Stems, Scraps as well as processed products such as Cut-Rag Tobaccos, Blended Strips, CRES, DIET and RECON.

METI’s business partners are mostly family-operated enterprises, cooperatives and private companies with outstanding reputation in the industry, which allows METI to work with Competitive Pricing, High Flexibility and Efficiency.

Using carefully selected tobacco and state-of-art processing facilities, METI is able to create a premium selection of Cut Rag Tobacco. We offer a variety of cut rag options including custom blends and house blends which can be offered at different price levels in order to meet any target cost requirement.

METI’s experienced research & development team carefully works with you to find the Optimum Price/Quality Combination to maximize your sales and ameliorate your profitability. We also provide our clients with blending services (i.e. helping them make new blends or improve existing blends in terms of Cost, Quality and Logistics).

We have an unbendable commitment to client satisfaction and thus sincerely focus on our clients’ success in order to ensure lucrative business operations.

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CUT RAG TOBACCO

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METI carefully supplies a wide variety of products from numerous origins.
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Cut Rag Tobacco

American Blend

Being the most popular cut rag tobacco, American Blend is a mixture of Flue-Cured, Burley, and Oriental Tobacco varieties. While Flue-Cured and Burley usually constitute 70 and 20 percent respectively, Oriental is the smallest component of the blend used at around 10 percent. The said percentages might certainly differ depending on targeted blend.

METI is fully capable of both providing House blends as substitutes for internationally recognized brands and custom-made blends prepared as per customer requirements.

Virginia Blend

Almost entirely composed of Flue-Cured Tobacco and also known as English Blend, Virginia Blend is among the most demanded cut rag blends.

METI is flexible enough to both provide House blends as substitutes for internationally recognized brands and custom-made blends prepared as per customer requirements.

Fermented Tobacco Blends

Fermented tobacco blends are almost exclusively made of Dark Air-Cured Tobacco and are also referred to as “black blend”. Generally used in Roll-Your-Own and Make-Your-Own production, fermented tobacco blends are widely available in METI’s inventory.

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Leaf Tobacco

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LEAF TOBACCO

FCV

Nicotine range: 1% to 4,75% | Sugar range: 4% to 25%
Available in Loose Leaf, Hand Strips and Tipped & Treshed form

Flue-Cured Tobacco originates from Virginia, US but it is nowadays grown all around the world. Also known as bright leaf or Virginia tobacco, Flue-Cured Tobacco is used in pipe mixtures, chewing tobacco and in almost every cigarette blend.

Considering customer requirements, METI works on a case-by-case basis and offers the best match of Flue-Cured Tobacco.

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Burley

Nicotine Range: 1% to 4%
Available in Loose Leaf, Hand Strips and Tipped & Treshed form

Flue-Cured Tobacco originates from Virginia, US but it is With an aroma similar to cocoa, Burley tobacco is usually air-cured and its color varies from light brown to deep reddish brown. Burley tobacco is mostly used in cigarette production.

METI carefully supplies Burley Tobaccos mainly from the below origins.

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Oriental

Available in AG, BG, KP, DKK, CU Grades.

A type of tobacco characterized by its small leaves and strong aroma. The oriental tobacco plant produces a larger number of leaves than other tobacco types and is primarily grown in the Balkans and Mediterranean countries. As an indispensable, aroma-improving element of the American Blend, it is always a good partner for FCV and Burley tobaccos .

Please contact with METI for a fee quote.

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DFC(Dark Fire Cured) DAC(Dark Air Cured)

Available in Butted Loose Leaf, Straight Laid Loose Leaf and Hand Stripped form

A type of tobacco characterized by its small leaves and strong DAC is a tobacco that is distinguished from other types primarily by the fermentation process it undergoes. It is the fermentation that gives dark air-cured tobacco its medium- to dark-brown color and distinct aroma.

Dark air-cured tobacco is used in cigars, dark cigarettes, pipe mixtures, and chewing tobaccos. DFC, as its name suggests, is a fire cured product used in moist snuff, snus, cigar, Roll-Your-Own (RYO), Make-Your-Own (MYO), chewing tobacco and water pipe products.

Kindly consult METI as to your DFC / DAC requirement in order to receive a fee quote.

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Blended Strips

Available in Pre-Blended Strips and Blended Strips Cased & Flavoured

Blended strips is composed of either tobaccos mixed, blended, cased and flavored or tobaccos only blended in accordance with the formula required by the customer.

METI proudly offers American or Virginia blended strips tailored as per customer requirements.

Cigar Leaf

Available in Binder, Wrapper and Filler form

Cigar is a rolled bundle of dried and fermented tobacco leaves composed of the filler, the binder leaf and the wrapper.

Filler comes in short or long sizes and constitutes the innermost portion of a cigar.

Binder is the leaf that holds the filler together in a cigar and helps the cigar to get its shape.

Being the outermost cover and the most important element of a cigar, Wrapper is the main factor determining both the aroma and the overall quality of a cigar.

METI carefully assists its clients with the optimum combination of the aforementioned cigar components.

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Scraps

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SCRAPS

Tobacco scraps are particles of 1/8’’ or 1/16’’ sized by-products of green leaf processing.

METI offers FCV SCRAPS as well as BURLEY SCRAPS to the industry players.

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Stems

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STEMS

Being a by-product of green leaf processing, Stems are parts of tobacco leaf’s midrib. Stems can be used in cigarette production with no adverse effect in terms of taste or general blend characteristics. They can also be used as a means for reducing standard ISO tar and nicotine yields.

Both short and long stems are largely available in METI’s product portfolio.

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Reconstituted Tobacco

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Reconstituted Tobacco

Also known as RECON, Reconstituted Tobacco is in the nature of Paper-like tobacco sheets comprised mainly of scraps and stems. Reconstituted tobacco is produced through a variety of methods, all of which have a single purpose: Allowing cigarette manufacturers to make the most efficient use of their tobacco by utilizing scrap and stems instead of discarding them. In practice, the paper-like sheets of reconstituted tobacco is cut into strips and used in cigarettes.

METI proudly offers a wide variety of Reconstituted Tobacco as per customer requirements.

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CRES

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CRES

Cut Rolled Expanded Stems are rolled, flattened and shredded tobacco leaf stems that are expanded by being soaked in water and rapidly heated and then dried. Up to 30% expanded stems can be used in cigarette production with no adverse effect in terms of taste or general blend characteristics. Expanded Stems can also be used as a means for reducing standard ISO tar and nicotine yields.

METI would be pleased to provide you with a CRES fee quote.

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CUT RAG TOBACCO BUYING GUIDE

CUT RAG TOBACCO BUYING GUIDE

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A BRIEF SUMMARY OF WORLDWİDE TOBACCO PRODUCTION

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