tcrc European tobacco control country profiles database 2000 Denmark

Economics of tobacco *


Market share by cigarette manufacturer *


Source: Skandinavisk Tobakskompagni (ERC).


Trade and agriculture statistics *

Statistics Unit of measurement 1970 1980 1990 1995 1998
Cigarette imports sticks in millions 792 173 178 710 524
Cigarette exports sticks in millions 1766 1566 3624 4346 4593
Tobacco leaf imports metric tons in millions 16784 8570 17149 15625 16470
Tobacco leaf exports
[% of total exports]		 metric tons in millions [%] 244 [0.01%] 1309 [0.01%] 763 [0.02%] 731 [0.02%] 1597
Cigarette production sticks in millions 8298 9390 11387 11902 12392
Employment in tobacco manufacturing people 5800 3000 2047 1590



Taxes and duties *

Cigarette taxes and duties
Excise tax 606.8 LCU/1000 cigs ; 21.22% of retail price
Sales tax 25%
Source: ERC, 1999



Retail price *

Retail price of 20 cigarettes with tax
Type US Dollars Local
Domestic brand $4.30 30.50
Foreign brand $4.37 31.00
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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