tcrc European tobacco control country profiles database 2000 Israel

Economics of tobacco *


Market share by cigarette manufacturer *


Source: TMA - International Tobacco Guide


Trade and agriculture statistics *

Statistics	Unit of measurement	1970	1980	1990	1995	1998
Cigarette imports	sticks in millions	130	400	2041	3600	3000
Cigarette exports	sticks in millions		86	8	15	25
Tobacco leaf imports	metric tons in millions	3012	5681	4759	3100	4000
Tobacco leaf exports [% of total exports]	metric tons in millions [%]	[0.00%]	[0.00%]	[0.00%]	[0.00%]	25
Cigarette production	sticks in millions	3868	5337	5440	4933
Tobacco leaf production	metric tons in millions	1600	500	150
Land devoted to tobacco growing [% of agricultural land]	hectares [%]	2860 [0.70%]	880 [0.21%]	208 [0.05%]	[0.00%]
Employment in tobacco manufacturing	people	870	700	600

Taxes and duties *

Cigarette taxes and duties
Excise tax	55% purchase tax ; 47.32 LCU/1000 cigs specific duty
Sales tax	17 %
Source:	ERC, 1999

Retail price *

Retail price of 20 cigarettes with tax
Type	US Dollars	Local
Domestic brand	$1.75	7.40
Foreign brand	$3.07	13.00
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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