tcrc European tobacco control country profiles database 2000 Ireland

Economics of tobacco *


Market share by cigarette manufacturer *


Source: ERC from trade sources.


Trade and agriculture statistics *

Statistics	Unit of measurement	1970	1980	1990	1995	1998
Cigarette imports	sticks in millions	112	345	395	562	972
Cigarette exports	sticks in millions	829	3178	560	1905	344
Tobacco leaf imports	metric tons in millions	4536	7395	5074	4917	5227
Tobacco leaf exports [% of total exports]	metric tons in millions [%]	996 [0.16%]	76 [0.00%]	362 [0.01%]	73 [0.00%]	164
Cigarette production	sticks in millions	5550	9660	6218	7500
Employment in tobacco manufacturing	people	2400	2300	1300	1339

Taxes and duties *

Cigarette taxes and duties
Excise tax	18.57% of retail price; 80.99 LCU/1000 cigs
Sales tax	21%
Source:	ERC, 1999

Retail price *

Retail price of 20 cigarettes with tax
Type	US Dollars	Local
Domestic brand	$4.24	3.18
Foreign brand	$4.24	3.18
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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