tcrc European tobacco control country profiles database 2000 Poland

Economics of tobacco *


Market share by cigarette manufacturer *


Source: ERC from trade enquiries


Trade and agriculture statistics *

Statistics	Unit of measurement	1970	1980	1990	1995	1998
Cigarette imports	sticks in millions		1543	5692	1553	387
Cigarette exports	sticks in millions				4156	6262
Tobacco leaf imports	metric tons in millions	3544	23099	15465	44548	45720
Tobacco leaf exports [% of total exports]	metric tons in millions [%]	9636	8894 [0.14%]	10469 [0.14%]	583 [0.01%]	4571
Cigarette production	sticks in millions	69193	93446	91497	100627
Tobacco leaf production	metric tons in millions	85000	56259	59000	39750	32369
Land devoted to tobacco growing [% of agricultural land]	hectares [%]	47000 [0.31%]	51680 [0.35%]	27527 [0.19%]	18554 [0.13%]	16766
Employment in tobacco manufacturing	people	11000	10000	10000	11880

Taxes and duties *

Cigarette taxes and duties
Excise tax	63.6-97.4 LCU/1000 cigs based on import status.
Sales tax	22 %
Import duty	63%
Other Import Duties	90%-within quota (min. 9 ECU/100 cigs); 253.8%-over quota (min. 25.7 ECU/1000 cigs).
Source:	ERC & USDA, 1999

Retail price *

Retail price of 20 cigarettes with tax
Type	US Dollars	Local
Domestic brand	$0.99	3.99
Foreign brand	$1.21	4.89
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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