Goal. To substantiate the biological and chemical properties, production technology, and economic efficiency of a new promising variety of tobacco Berlei 46 with high resistance to biotic and abiotic factors and good quality of raw materials. Methods. General scientific and special: field, laboratory, selection with the use of induction apomixis, calculation, mathematical-statistical. Laboratory method was used for the determination of the chemical composition of raw tobacco. Apomixis was used in the selection of tobacco and helped to reduce that process on 4-6 years, secured heterosis, identified new and rare micro-features in tobacco, as well as the use of mutants with valuable features in form of the valuable source material. Use of the calculation and mathematical-statistical methods determined economic efficiency of cultivation of new varieties of tobacco Berlei 46 and its advantages over the sort-standard Berlei 38, listed in the State register of plant varieties of Ukraine in 2001. Results. They substantiated biometric, chemical, and economic indices of the new high-yielding variety of tobacco Berlei 46, which was selected by the method of individual selection in populations of intervarietal hybrids Berlei PolishxBanat. Conclusions. A new promising variety of tobacco Berlei 46, listed in the State register of plant varieties of Ukraine in 2017, has significant advantages for biological and productive signs over other varieties (resistant against diseases and pests, stressful weather conditions, high productivity, and quality of raw materials). The main advantage of the new variety Berlei 46 over sort-standard Berlei 38 is the high productivity-up to 31.6 t/ha, marketable quality of raw material-output of top commercial varieties is 90-95%, and the content of nicotine-2.01-2.13%. Berlei 46 is recommended for cultivation in tobacco farms of the Forest-Steppe zone of Ukraine.