SOME FACTS AND
FIGURES ABOUT THE CIGARETTE MARKET
ITC Ltd sells 80 percent of the cigarettes in India,
where 275 million people use tobacco products and the total cigarette market is
worth close to $6 billion (around Rs.65,000 crore)
Cigarettes account for about 80 per cent of ITC's
pre-tax profit.
ITC's major cigarette brands include Wills Navy Cut, Gold Flake
Kings, Gold Flake
Premium lights, Gold Flake
Super Star, Insignia, India Kings, Classic (Verve, Menthol, Menthol Rush, Regular, Citric Twist, Mild
& Ultra Mild), 555, Silk Cut, Scissors, Capstan, Berkeley, Bristol, Lucky Strike, Players, Flake and Duke & Royal.
ITC is followed by Godrey Philips India, with a
market share of 11%, its major constituent being Marlboro.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday had told tobacco makers of their 'duty to
society' and to carry pictorial warnings spread over 85% of both sides of their
packaging as mandated by the government.
The government had notified that cigarette companies have to carry warning over 85% of the pack from April 1. Till then, cigarette packs were required to carry graphical warning covering 40% of the front of the pack.
The Indian legal cigarette industry has been facing a continuous drop in demand because of high taxation and the growth of duty evaded illegal cigarettes that do not carry pictorial warnings. Since 2012-13, the excise duty on cigarettes, at a per unit level, has gone up cumulatively by 118% with increase in taxation in every successive year.
As a result, legal cigarettes today represent only 11% of tobacco consumption in India. As per estimates, the industry is down from 110 billion sticks sold per year to 95 billion sticks a year.
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITC_(company)
The government had notified that cigarette companies have to carry warning over 85% of the pack from April 1. Till then, cigarette packs were required to carry graphical warning covering 40% of the front of the pack.
The Indian legal cigarette industry has been facing a continuous drop in demand because of high taxation and the growth of duty evaded illegal cigarettes that do not carry pictorial warnings. Since 2012-13, the excise duty on cigarettes, at a per unit level, has gone up cumulatively by 118% with increase in taxation in every successive year.
As a result, legal cigarettes today represent only 11% of tobacco consumption in India. As per estimates, the industry is down from 110 billion sticks sold per year to 95 billion sticks a year.
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITC_(company)
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