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Tobacco industry

The manufacture of cigarettes is dominated by giant firms and state-owned tobacco monopolies.

Largest Tobacco Companies
COMPANYGLOBAL MARKET SHARE (%)1999 TOBACCO SALES ($BIL)
China National Tobacco Co (CNTC)32.7$0.023
Philip Morris Cos (USA)17.3$47
British American Tobacco PLC (BAT, UK)16.0$30.4
Japan Tobacco9.0$29.9
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco (USA)2.0$7.6
Reemtsma (Germany)2.0
Altadis (France and Spain)2.0
PT Gudang Garam (Indonesia)1.4
TEKEL (Turkey)1.3
ITC (India)1.0
Fortune Tobacco Co (Philippines).9
Eastern Company (Egypt).8
Thailand Tobacco monopoly.8
Lorillard Tobacco Co (USA).7
(2000, Euromonitor, Tara Parker-Pope)