tcrc European tobacco control country profiles database 2000 Belgium

Economics of tobacco *


Market share by cigarette manufacturer *


Source: ERC based on trade sources


Trade and agriculture statistics *

Statistics Unit of measurement 1970 1980 1990 1995 1998
Cigarette imports sticks in millions 2399 2575 3885 12750 9648
Cigarette exports sticks in millions 3363 10875 11765 10628 10815
Tobacco leaf imports metric tons in millions 32722 39080 40889 40654 37516
Tobacco leaf exports
[% of total exports]		 metric tons in millions [%] 2836 [0.02%] 3071 [0.01%] 9738 [0.03%] 13946 [0.04%] 11705
Cigarette production sticks in millions 19727 28167 27758 18826
Tobacco leaf production metric tons in millions 1911 1059 1492 1253 1318
Land devoted to tobacco growing
[% of agricultural land]		 hectares [%] 568 [0.06%] 436 [0.06%] 444 [0.06%] 373 [0.05%] 377
Employment in tobacco manufacturing people 8000 6800 4900



Taxes and duties *

Cigarette taxes and duties
Excise tax 521 LCU/1000 cigs ; 47.36% of retail price
Sales tax 21%
Source: ERC, 1999



Retail price *

Retail price of 20 cigarettes with tax
Type US Dollars Local
Domestic brand $2.89 111.20
Foreign brand $3.14 121.00
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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