tcrc European tobacco control country profiles database 2000 Austria

Economics of tobacco *


Market share by cigarette manufacturer *


Source: Maxwell Report


Trade and agriculture statistics *

Statistics Unit of measurement 1970 1980 1990 1995 1998
Cigarette imports sticks in millions 731 854 475 1562 1630
Cigarette exports sticks in millions 91 188 1617 4205 12378
Tobacco leaf imports metric tons in millions 11697 11717 11192 7805 9935
Tobacco leaf exports
[% of total exports]		 metric tons in millions [%] 140 [0.01%] 683 [0.01%] 1529 [0.01%] 1524 [0.01%] 751
Cigarette production sticks in millions 12617 15260 14961 16298 22511
Tobacco leaf production metric tons in millions 596 431 418 370 220
Land devoted to tobacco growing
[% of agricultural land]		 hectares [%] 278 [0.02%] 258 [0.02%] 235 [0.02%] 147 [0.01%] 102
Employment in tobacco manufacturing people 2500 1800 1400 1195



Taxes and duties *

Cigarette taxes and duties
Excise tax 246 LCU/1000 cigs
Excise tax 42% of retail price
Sales tax 20%
Source: ERC, 1999



Retail price *

Retail price of 20 cigarettes with tax
Type US Dollars Local
Domestic brand $3.26 42.90
Foreign brand $3.49 45.90
Source: EIU, Autumn 1999



Source: M. A. Corrao, G. E. Guindon, N. Sharma, D. F. Shokoohi, eds. Tobacco control country profiles. Atlanta : The American Cancer Society, 2000. Published for the 11th World Conference on Tobacco OR Health.


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