U.S. Tobacco Cooperative (USTC) is a global supplier of premium U.S. flue cured tobacco. Headquartered in Raleigh, North Caro ... lina, the Cooperative is owned by 500+ flue-cured tobacco farmers from Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. With USTC, domestic and global customers can buy the finest, most compliant and sustainable flue-cured tobacco in the world. As a full service leaf supplier, USTC owns its own processing plant in Timberlake, NC and leaf storage facility in Fuquay-Varina, NC. In addition to its leaf business, USTC also owns ten consumer brands and operates 13 locations throughout the United States. read more