tcrc European tobacco control country profiles database 2000 Czech Republic

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 6688 3667
Cigarette exports sticks in millions 8025 18521
Tobacco leaf imports metric tons in millions 16084 26000 20000 16909 23964
Tobacco leaf exports
[% of total exports]		 metric tons in millions [%] 524 [0.02%] [0.00%] 1 [0.00%] 857
Cigarette production sticks in millions 14805 18119 25500
Tobacco leaf production metric tons in millions 5265 5339 4971
Land devoted to tobacco growing
[% of agricultural land]		 hectares [%] 3828 [0.07%] 3889 [0.08%] 3276 [0.06%]
Employment in tobacco manufacturing people 4000 4000 4000 4000



Taxes and duties *

Cigarette taxes and duties
Excise tax 0.74 LCU/cig >70mm length; 0.67 LCU/cig <70mm
Sales tax 22%
Import duty 56.7%
Preferential rates for Slovakia and CEFTA
Source: ERC, 1999



Retail price *

Retail price of 20 cigarettes with tax
Type US Dollars Local
Domestic brand $1.15 40.00
Foreign brand $1.29 45.00
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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