FACTBOX-Leading cigarette manufacturers by sales
July 18 (Reuters) - Imperial Tobacco (IMT.L: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) on Wednesday agreed to buy Franco-Spanish group Altadis ALT.MC ALDS.PA, strengthening its world number-four cigarette making position and lifting it in Europe to number-two status. [nL18735337].
Here is a list of the world's leading cigarette manufacturers by sales in 2005 and 2004:
Manufacturer Country Sales Volume Change Mkt
(billions of Share
pieces) (%) (%)
2005 2004 2005
Philip Morris USA 990.0 948.1 4.4 28.2
BAT UK 678.0 685.5 -1.1 19.3
Japan Tobacco Japan 409.7 425.6 -3.7 11.7
Imperial UK 175.2 172.6 1.5 5.0
Gallaher UK 173.8 170.3 2.1 5.0
Altadis France/Spain 135.2 112.6 20.1 3.9
Reynolds American USA 109.8 94.0 16.8 3.1
KT&G South Korea 88.6 113.3 -21.8 2.5
Gudang Garam Indonesia n.a 64.8
Eastern Company Egypt n.a 62.5
Tekel Turkey n.a 44.6
Fortune Tobacco Philippines n.s 43.2
Total Sales 2,760.3 2,937.0 78.6
World Total 3,510.0 3,553.0 3,510.0
NOTES
+ Philip Morris is owned by Altria Inc. (MO.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz).
+ Japan Tobacco's (2914.T: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) takeover of Gallaher Group was completed in April, 2007.
*World total sales have been adjusted to take account of sales made by CNTC (China). 1,877.86 billion pieces have been removed from the 2004 total of 5,430.88 billion. 1,947 billion pieces have been removed from the 2005 total of 5,457 billion.
** 2004 domestic sales for Gudang Garam, Tekel, Eastern Company and Fortune Tobacco.
***The 2004 sales volume for Reynolds American includes five months of sales from the acquisition of Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation.
Sources: Manufacturers; ERC (2005); World Cigarettes
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