tcrc European tobacco control country profiles database 2000 Yugoslavia

Economics of tobacco *


Market share by cigarette manufacturer *


Source: TMA-International Tobacco Guide.


Trade and agriculture statistics *

Statistics Unit of measurement 1970 1980 1990 1995 1998
Cigarette imports sticks in millions 100
Tobacco leaf imports metric tons in millions 4455 7254 12397 7582
Tobacco leaf exports
[% of total exports]
metric tons in millions [%] 18916 [1.84%] 24953 [0.83%] 11016 [0.25%] 1088
Cigarette production sticks in millions 12686
Tobacco leaf production metric tons in millions 48700 59000 45721 13482 12148
Land devoted to tobacco growing
[% of agricultural land]
hectares [%] 53358 [0.65%] 57447 [0.73%] 45559 [0.59%] 10798 [0.26%] 10000
Employment in tobacco manufacturing people 350



Taxes and duties *

Cigarette taxes and duties
Excise tax 40% & 0.6 LCU/pack-standard quality
Excise tax 50% & 0.7 LCU/pack-Extra Class
Excise tax 70% & 1 LCU/pack-foreign license & imports
Sales tax 21%
Source: ERC, 1999



Retail price *

Retail price of 20 cigarettes with tax
Type US Dollars Local
Domestic brand $0.40 4.00
Foreign brand $1.25 12.50
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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