tcrc European tobacco control country profiles database 2000 Portugal

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 190 67 120 3907 2525
Cigarette exports sticks in millions 141 294 209 254 568
Tobacco leaf imports metric tons in millions 6569 15254 10387 4770 8022
Tobacco leaf exports
[% of total exports]		 metric tons in millions [%] 3136 [0.03%] 2448 [0.01%] 5911
Cigarette production sticks in millions 8724 13281 17547 13215
Tobacco leaf production metric tons in millions 9516 6906 4911 4945 6880
Land devoted to tobacco growing
[% of agricultural land]		 hectares [%] 6000 [0.19%] 3500 [0.11%] 2262 [0.07%] 2011 [0.07%] 2595
Employment in tobacco manufacturing people 1300 2500 1804 1287



Taxes and duties *

Cigarette taxes and duties
Excise tax 32% of retail price ; 5800 LCU/1000 cigs
Sales tax 17%
Source: ERC, 1999



Retail price *

Retail price of 20 cigarettes with tax
Type US Dollars Local
Domestic brand $1.98 380.00
Foreign brand $2.04 390.00
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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