tcrc European tobacco control country profiles database 2000 Greece

Economics of tobacco *


Market share by cigarette manufacturer *


Source: ERC based on trade sources, USDA, National Tobacco Board of Greece.


Trade and agriculture statistics *

Statistics Unit of measurement 1970 1980 1990 1995 1998
Cigarette imports sticks in millions 21 593 4862 11747 13120
Cigarette exports sticks in millions 34 15 3352 13399 13136
Tobacco leaf imports metric tons in millions 111 2479 9162 20338 14461
Tobacco leaf exports
[% of total exports]		 metric tons in millions [%] 63154 [14.39%] 69923 [3.98%] 123335 [3.87%] 118770 [2.75%] 98301
Cigarette production sticks in millions 17029 25017 26175 39291
Tobacco leaf production metric tons in millions 94833 117339 135685 148543 137114
Land devoted to tobacco growing
[% of agricultural land]		 hectares [%] 98300 [2.51%] 89307 [2.28%] 78796 [2.02%] 65220 [1.65%] 65230
Employment in tobacco manufacturing people 9910 8390 9301 10005



Taxes and duties *

Cigarette taxes and duties
Excise tax 53.86%; 1,182 LCU/1000 cigs
Sales tax 18 %
Source: ERC, 1999



Retail price *

Retail price of 20 cigarettes with tax
Type US Dollars Local
Domestic brand $1.86 580.00
Foreign brand $2.18 680.00
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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