<strong>China''s Key Cigarette Brands Keep Steady Development in First 10 Months</strong>

Source from:  TobaccoChina Online 12/18/2013

The tobacco industry of China, registered balanced growth of both key cigarette brands production and sales in first 10 months in 2013.

Key Brands

During January to October in 2013, the tobacco industry sold 2170 billion cigarettes (43.40 million cases), an increase of 30 billion cigarettes (0.6 million cases), compared to the same period last year. 27 key brands registered a higher sales volume at the first 10 months, up to 1700 billion cigarettes (34 million cases) , an increase of 116.5 billion cigarettes (43.40 million cases); and sales volume of key brands accounted to 78 percent of total sales volume in China's tobacco industry.

On first 10 months in 2013, sales of cigarettes generated 1093 billion yuan, up by 90 billion yuan year-on-year, sales of key cigarette brands generated 999 billion yuan, up by 103.7 billion yuan year-on-year, accounted to 91 percent of total sales volume in China's tobacco industry. Enditem