tcrc European tobacco control country profiles database 2000 Hungary

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 627 1352 534 707
Cigarette exports sticks in millions 225 100 3763 5086
Tobacco leaf imports metric tons in millions 7572 6763 6212 13031 18060
Tobacco leaf exports
[% of total exports]		 metric tons in millions [%] 8569 [0.32%] 2538 [0.09%] 875 [0.02%] 916 [0.01%] 2261
Cigarette production sticks in millions 22050 27158 28212 25709
Tobacco leaf production metric tons in millions 17594 14798 13583 11249 13000
Land devoted to tobacco growing
[% of agricultural land]		 hectares [%] 17370 [0.31%] 14442 [0.27%] 8672 [0.16%] 7051 [0.14%] 6950
Employment in tobacco manufacturing people 7000 6000 5000 3050



Taxes and duties *

Cigarette taxes and duties
Excise tax 75%; 1,725 LCU/1000 cigs
Sales tax 25%
Import duty 63%
Other Import Duties 17%; 2%; 3%
Source: ERC, 1999



Retail price *

Retail price of 20 cigarettes with tax
Type US Dollars Local
Domestic brand $0.89 215.00
Foreign brand $1.01 245.00
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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