tcrc European tobacco control country profiles database 2000 Spain

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 4512 906 7146 707 16036
Cigarette exports sticks in millions 402 916 4025 4195
Tobacco leaf imports metric tons in millions 53679 77090 70629 48413 61185
Tobacco leaf exports
[% of total exports]		 metric tons in millions [%] 133 [0.01%] 7490 [0.05%] 17196 [0.04%] 23408 [0.04%] 19471
Cigarette production sticks in millions 50494 68369 75995 78676
Tobacco leaf production metric tons in millions 26100 36800 43178 42915 42300
Land devoted to tobacco growing
[% of agricultural land]		 hectares [%] 15300 [0.07%] 19500 [0.10%] 21093 [0.10%] 17398 [0.09%] 17000
Employment in tobacco manufacturing people 11000 12000 8607 9293



Taxes and duties *

Cigarette taxes and duties
Excise tax 500 LCU/1000 cigs ; 54% of retail price
Sales tax 16 %
Source: ERC, 1999



Retail price *

Retail price of 20 cigarettes with tax
Type US Dollars Local
Domestic brand $1.26 200.00
Foreign brand $2.30 365.00
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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