John Geoghegan, director of brand development for Moorpark, Calif.-based Kretek International, said the private company has been "puzzled about (the ban) since the very beginning" because clove cigarettes constitute less than 1 percent of cigarettes sold in the U.S
Saudi statistics say the country is the world's fourth largest importer of tobacco and that 6 million Saudis spend about 30m riyals (about 5m) a day on cigarettes.
Of course, harvest timing is affected by the planting date, which is forgiving because tobacco matures fairly quickly
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