The Continental Tobacco Industry Group is supporting the halting of the decline in domestic tobacco production by increasing the basic tobacco purchase price by 50%

Tobacco cultivation in Hungary has faced significant challenges in recent years, which appeared both in the amount of contracted tobacco growing areas and in the results of the harvest and tobacco purchase period. The decline was primarily attributable to the increase in energy prices and other costs.

In order to counterbalance this trend, prior to the current contract signing period, DOFER Dohányfermentáló Zrt., which belongs to the Continental Tobacco Group and is responsible for about a third of domestic tobacco production, increased the base purchase price of tobacco fixed in the 2023 contract by 50 percent.