tcrc European tobacco control country profiles database 2000 Italy

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 3583 30320 34483 38566 43182
Cigarette exports sticks in millions 114 311 417 244 314
Tobacco leaf imports metric tons in millions 16754 29757 41434 30430 38734
Tobacco leaf exports
[% of total exports]		 metric tons in millions [%] 11116 [0.11%] 46448 [0.11%] 137633 [0.08%] 116078 [0.08%] 95664
Cigarette production sticks in millions 71618 73090 61736 50247
Tobacco leaf production metric tons in millions 78449 125543 214851 124492 130513
Land devoted to tobacco growing
[% of agricultural land]		 hectares [%] 42696 [0.29%] 60984 [0.49%] 87707 [0.73%] 49717 [0.46%] 48194
Employment in tobacco manufacturing people 22000 20000 15845



Taxes and duties *

Cigarette taxes and duties
Excise tax 54.30% of retail price ; 7280 LCU/1000 cigs
Sales tax 20 %
Import duty 63%
Source: ERC, 1999



Retail price *

Retail price of 20 cigarettes with tax
Type US Dollars Local
Domestic brand $2.16 4,000.00
Foreign brand $3.03 5,600.00
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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