Massive Increase in Cigarette Exports

With growth in Iran’s cigarette production and a noticeable decline in smuggling into the country, exports jumped by 285.8% in the first six months of the current fiscal year (March 21-Sept. 22) compared with the corresponding period of the year before, latest data released by the Ministry of Industries, Mining and Trade show.
A total of 28.73 billion cigarettes were produced during the period, which figure is 14% more compared with 25.12 billion cigarettes produced in the corresponding period of last year.
The number of smuggled cigarettes declined by 46% YOY to 4.05 billion from 7.45 billion in the same period of last year.