tcrc European tobacco control country profiles database 2000 Switzerland

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	1676	247	345	117	172
Cigarette exports	sticks in millions	14583	12766	14710	24822	16827
Tobacco leaf imports	metric tons in millions	39297	25307	27950	37033	34947
Tobacco leaf exports [% of total exports]	metric tons in millions [%]	3670 [0.16%]	8470 [0.09%]	7883 [0.07%]	10790 [0.07%]	8364
Cigarette production	sticks in millions	29229	31264	31771	41976
Tobacco leaf production	metric tons in millions	1955	1261	1106	1594	1040
Land devoted to tobacco growing [% of agricultural land]	hectares [%]	799 [0.21%]	769 [0.19%]	670 [0.16%]	722 [0.17%]	655

Taxes and duties *

Cigarette taxes and duties
Excise tax	59.89 LCU/1000 cigs ; 1.3 LCU/1000 cigs ; 25%
Sales tax	7.50%
Source:	ERC, 1999

Retail price *

Retail price of 20 cigarettes with tax
Type	US Dollars	Local
Domestic brand	$2.88	4.40
Foreign brand	$2.94	4.50
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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