tcrc European tobacco control country profiles database 2000 Netherlands

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 1894 23927 14988 17811 17519
Cigarette exports sticks in millions 5973 32934 72870 89198 104037
Tobacco leaf imports metric tons in millions 54944 96590 91557 87270 99606
Tobacco leaf exports
[% of total exports]		 metric tons in millions [%] 6507 [0.09%] 15636 [0.10%] 11802 [0.07%] 6131 [0.03%] 12737
Cigarette production sticks in millions 23058 40705 71992 97727 116263
Employment in tobacco manufacturing people 10000 9000 6461 5131



Taxes and duties *

Cigarette taxes and duties
Excise tax 21.05% of retail price ; 96.35 LCU/1000 cigs
Sales tax 17.50%
Source: ERC, 1999



Retail price *

Retail price of 20 cigarettes with tax
Type US Dollars Local
Domestic brand $2.61 5.48
Foreign brand $2.93 6.15
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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