tcrc European tobacco control country profiles database 2000 Turkmenistan

Economics of tobacco *


Trade and agriculture statistics *

Statistics Unit of measurement 1995 1998
Cigarette imports sticks in millions 1300 1500
Cigarette exports sticks in millions 0 0
Tobacco leaf imports metric tons in millions 1000 1000
Cigarette production sticks in millions 4400 4600
Tobacco leaf production metric tons in millions 2200 2000
Land devoted to tobacco growing
[% of agricultural land]		 hectares [%] 1100 [0.07%] 1000



Taxes and duties *

Import duty 0.1 US $/filter cig pack
0.25 US $/plain cig pack
Other Import Duties 20% on filter cigs
Source: ERC, 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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