tcrc European tobacco control country profiles database 2000 Cyprus

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 102 239 3584 24577 22225
Cigarette exports sticks in millions 2 2527 3082 555 2694
Tobacco leaf imports metric tons in millions 709 3057 1038 638 575
Tobacco leaf exports
[% of total exports]		 metric tons in millions [%] 1405 [1.15%] 22 [0.00%] 16 [0.01%] 147 [0.13%] 143
Cigarette production sticks in millions 851 2901 4601 2528
Tobacco leaf production metric tons in millions 721 267 343 310 305
Land devoted to tobacco growing
[% of agricultural land]		 hectares [%] 1472 [0.65%] 341 [0.20%] 101 [0.06%] 75 [0.05%] 80
Employment in tobacco manufacturing people 519 493 442 255



Taxes and duties *

Cigarette taxes and duties
Excise tax 6.38 LCU/kg; 27 LCU/kg luxury tax
Excise tax Preferential excise tax for EU & locally-produced cigs
Sales tax 8 %
Import duty 68.40 %
Source: TMA - International Tobacco Guide



Retail price *

Retail price of 20 cigarettes with tax
Type US Dollars Local
Domestic brand $1.38 0.65
Foreign brand $2.13 1.00
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.


go to the top of the pageTop    go to the contentsContents