tcrc European tobacco control country profiles database 2000 Germany

Economics of tobacco *


Market share by cigarette manufacturer *


Source: ERC based on trade enquiries


Trade and agriculture statistics *

Statistics Unit of measurement 1970 1980 1990 1995 1998
Cigarette imports sticks in millions 6141 7308 10224 14107 28788
Cigarette exports sticks in millions 5002 36590 65982 78580 89210
Tobacco leaf imports metric tons in millions 138254 182787 161862 173161 171484
Tobacco leaf exports
[% of total exports]		 metric tons in millions [%] 9351 [0.03%] 13331 [0.01%] 15909 [0.01%] 26361 [0.02%] 38571
Cigarette production sticks in millions 146232 187001 200374 221000 178000
Tobacco leaf production metric tons in millions 13953 10638 10441 6836 8504
Land devoted to tobacco growing
[% of agricultural land]		 hectares [%] 6717 [0.05%] 6313 [0.05%] 5502 [0.04%] 3576 [0.03%] 3522
Employment in tobacco manufacturing people 45000 41000



Taxes and duties *

Cigarette taxes and duties
Excise tax 92.2 LCU/1000 cigs ; 21.96% of retail price
Sales tax 16 %
Source: ERC, 1999



Retail price *

Retail price of 20 cigarettes with tax
Type US Dollars Local
Domestic brand $2.79 5.21
Foreign brand $2.87 5.37
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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