tcrc European tobacco control country profiles database 2000 Bulgaria

Economics of tobacco *


Market share by cigarette manufacturer *


Source: ERC


Trade and agriculture statistics *

Statistics Unit of measurement 1970 1980 1990 1995 1998
Cigarette imports sticks in millions 114 643 485 244 55
Cigarette exports sticks in millions 45038 69189 60360 60914 10670
Tobacco leaf imports metric tons in millions 4643 12445 11431 10609 10982
Tobacco leaf exports
[% of total exports]		 metric tons in millions 58261 72608 34119 30459 20130
Cigarette production sticks in millions 55082 85214 73000 74603
Tobacco leaf production metric tons in millions 121906 12291 76542 18803 38692
Land devoted to tobacco growing
[% of agricultural land]		 hectares [%] 118084 [2.61%] 108066 [2.59%] 52897 [1.27%] 14254 [0.32%] 33611
Employment in tobacco manufacturing people 24900 21800 15300 13100



Taxes and duties *

Cigarette taxes and duties
Excise tax 30% & 2000 LCU/1000 filter cig; 10% & 1000 LCU/1000 plain cig
Sales tax 20%
Import duty 68% (min. 13.1 ECU/1000 cig)
Other Import Duties 2% (preferential import duty for Turkey & CEFTA)
Source: ERC, 1999



Retail price *

Retail price of 20 cigarettes with tax
Type US Dollars Local
Domestic brand $0.43 0.686
Foreign brand $1.14 2.30
Source: ACS/WHO Survey, 2000



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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