Attached for your information and ready reference are the following Certificates of Authority to Import and Release Foreign Leaf Tobacco for Blending Purposes:

Name	Date	Quantity
Sterling Tobacco Corp.	12-13-96	18,610.5 k
La Flor de la Isabela, Inc.	12-13-96	3,636.70 k
-do-	12-13-96	7,199 k
-do-	12-13-96	243 k

Please be guided accordingly.

Adopted: 24 Dec. 1997