<strong>China: STMA Reports Results of Cyclic use of Cigarette Packing Cases in May</strong>

Source from:  TobaccoChina Online 07/01/2014

The State Tobacco Monopoly Administration (STMA) – the regulator of China's tobacco industry – issued on June 20 a report on progress in fulfillment of the work of cyclic use of cigarette packing cases by the tobacco industry of China in May, and raised new requirements for the work hereof in a next period of time.

The report pointed out that in May, the tobacco industry kept promoting the work of cyclic use of cigarette packing cases, with relatively good results of fulfillment of the relevant work. In the month, commercial enterprises of the tobacco industry returned a total of 6.3042 million cigarette packing cases to manufacturing enterprises of the tobacco industry in the corresponding provinces (including autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government). In May, the quantity of cigarettes produced by manufacturing enterprises with cyclic use of cigarette packing cases reached a high of 891,200 cases.

By the end of May, the proportions of cigarette packing cases returned by commercial enterprises of the tobacco industry in Guizhou, Fujian, Zhejiang, Anhui, Guangxi, Hainan, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Tianjin, Liaoning and Shaanxi Provinces were in excess of 80 percent, and manufacturing enterprises of the tobacco industry there made relatively rapid progress in fulfilling their tasks hereof. Fujian, Yunnan, Shaanxi, Zhejiang, Anhui has completed more than 40% of the annual task.

From January to May, commercial enterprises of the tobacco industry returned a total of 29.4273 million cigarette packing cases to manufacturing enterprises of the tobacco industry in the corresponding provinces (including autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government). During the same period, the quantity of cigarettes produced by manufacturing enterprises with cyclic use of cigarette packing cases reached a high of 2.9803 million cases.

From January to May, the proportions of cigarette packing cases returned by commercial enterprises of the tobacco industry in Shaanxi, Fujian, Shaanxi, Anhui, Zhejiang and Guizhou Provinces were in excess of 80 percent, and manufacturing enterprises of the tobacco industry there made relatively rapid progress in fulfilling their tasks hereof.

The report mentioned that the provincial-level tobacco manufacturing enterprises in Yunnan, Sichuan, Chongqing, Gansu, Qinghai, Jiangsu, Anhui, Shanghai, Tianjin and other regions have actively conducted the work of cyclic use of cigarette packing cases involving neighboring provincial-level regions, making exploration in gaining experience in launching the work of cyclic use of cigarette packing cases among neighboring provincial-level regions.

The report required that in a next period of time, commercial enterprises of the tobacco industry need to promptly make progress in fulfilling the tasks of cyclic use of cigarette packing cases. Enditem