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ULT Magyarország has raised its basic tobacco purchase prices
In this year’s tobacco growing season, Universal Leaf Tobacco (ULT) Magyarország Kft. has announced increased basic tobacco purchase prices for both types of tobacco compared to last year, the agronomy...
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Australia To Ban Recreational Vaping In E-Cigarette Crackdown
Australia has banned recreational vaping and tightened other aspects of e-cigarette laws in the biggest crackdown on the tobacco industry in more than a decade to try to stop a...
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A pack of cigarettes can be three thousand forints
According to the proposal of the European Commission, the minimum excise tax per box would be raised from 1.80 euros to 3.60 euros per box, in Hungary the excise tax...
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The Continental Tobacco Industry Group has successfully completed its nearly HUF 10 billion factory hall development
The Continental Tobacco Industry Group has successfully completed its nearly HUF 10 billion investment in its tobacco factory in Sátoraljaújhely by handing over the new tobacco preparation hall and modernizing...
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In 15 years, the price of cigarettes in Hungary has doubled
MTI posted a telling graph regarding the consumer price of cigarettes projected over the past 15 years....
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According to the health economist, the market for tobacco products has changed
The total turnover of tobacco products per thread has barely changed in four years, this year’s consumption even increased compared to the previous year’s data, and all of this is...
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The BAT Pécsi Dohánygyár Kft. will focus on innovative products in the future
The BAT Pécsi Dohánygyár Kft. (BAT PD) is placing more and more emphasis on innovative, non-smoking tobacco products and would further increase its number of employees, said the company’s managing...
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The Continental Dohányipari Zrt. achieved record revenue in 2021
The Continental Dohányipari Zrt., which owns the tobacco factory in Sátoraljaújhely, closed the strongest year of its existence in 2021: the company’s sales revenue amounted to 56.4 billion HUF, its...
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Philip Morris has built a recycling center in Hungary
Philip Morris has built a recycling center in Hungary from 3 billion HUF, the Secretary of State for Information and International Presentation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade...
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COVID-resistant tobacco industry and retail
With limited opening hours, National Tobacco Shops could stay open without interruption during the pandemic. In 2020 the sales revenue of these units grew by 11 percent and reached HUF...
Read moreThe BAT Pécsi Dohánygyár Kft. is transforming its production.
The BAT Pécsi Dohánygyár (BAT PD) Kft. is transforming the production of the Pécs tobacco factory because the worldwide demand for new health products that are less risky for health,...
Read moreDue to the tax reduction of the BAT Pécsi Tobacco Factory e-cigarette black market may be reduced
In Hungary, it is estimated that 80-85 percent of e-cigarette sales come from the black trade, which, according to industry estimates, causes more than 6 billion HUF excise tax and...
Read moreHalf a billion illegal cigarettes were sold in Hungary last year
Last year, the share of illegal cigarettes was 6.5 percent, with about 530 million cigarettes causing a budget tax loss of about 23 billion HUF. In Hungary, the share of...
Read moreThe tobacco industry has to prepare for significant changes according to the head of the BAT factory in Pécs
The growth of traditional tobacco products cannot be sustained, so the tobacco industry must prepare for significant changes – the Managing Director of the BAT (British American Tobacco) Pécs Tobacco...
Read moreA Japanese tobacco company buys a Russian branch company for 1.56 billion USD
The Japan Tobacco Inc. (JTI), the world’s third largest tobacco company, buys the Russian Donskoy Tabak company for 1.56 billion USD to strengthen its leading role on the Russian tobacco...
Read moreThe ULT Magyarország has offered a three-year tobacco production contract to the growers
The ULT (Universal Leaf Tobacco) Magyarország Zrt. announced a three-year tobacco production contract to its close to 700 producers, the US-owned company informed the farmers on Thursday in Nyiregyháza. Fekete...
Read moreThe Hauni Hungária Kft. is creating two hundred new jobs
By the end of 2018, the Pécs-based Hauni Hungária Gépgyártó Kft. dealing with tobacco industry machinery, will raise its staff by two hundred – the company told MTI on Monday....
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2017 is the year of challenges in the Hungarian tobacco product market
Sales in the Hungarian tobacco product market have been increasing since the introduction of the new tobacco shop system. After the 25-percent surge at the end of 2014, sales have been...
Read moreTwenty cigarettes will be in the packs again
Soon cigarette packs containing twenty cigarettes will replace the current packs of 19 cigarettes – the magyaridok.hu wrote. According to the new EU regulations, the manufacturer cannot produce the old...
Read moreBritish American Tobacco buys its competitor
The British American Tobacco (BAT) has agreed a 49.4 billion USD takeover of U.S. rival Reynolds American Inc, creating the world’s biggest listed tobacco company after it nudged up an...
Read moreBAT would purchase Reynolds Americana
One of the world's largest cigarette manufacturer, the British American Tobacco (BAT) would purchase one of its competitor, the Reynolds Americana – portfolio.hu wrote. The London-based BAT already owns 42.2...
Read moreThe tobacco supplier does not infringe EU competition laws
The European Commission will not initiate a procedure on the central tobacco supplier – MTI was informed from sources in Brussels. The European Commission has accepted the Hungarian Government's argument...
Read moreAnother three billion forints invests in BAT in Pécs
One of the world's largest tobacco company, the London-based British American Tobacco group significantly expands its capacities and creates 200 new jobs in Pécs with a three billion HUF investment...
Read moreThe ULT does not process more tobacco in Nyíregyháza
The processing plant of the Universal Leaf Tobacco (ULT) Magyarország Zrt. in Nyíregyháza will terminate its tobacco processing activities. The processing of the Virginia and Burley tobaccos will be transferred...
Read moreThe ULT Magyarország is investigating to move the tobacco processing from Hungary
The Universal Leaf Tobacco (ULT) Magyarország Zrt. is investigating the possibility that from this year will not process tobacco in the Nyíregyháza-based tobacco plant – the company owned by the...
Read moreTobacco investors: the new excise tax proposal may lead to the collapse of the market
According to the Hungarian Association of Tobacco Industry Investors (DBMSZ), if the National Assembly would accept the new excise tax proposal, it would lead to the collapse of the entire...
Read moreLázár: the government would introduce a new special tax on tobacco
The Hungarian government recommends the introduction of a special tax in the tobacco industry. The particularly damaging tobacco products would be taxed with a further 4 HUF per cigarette –...
Read morePankucsi: Hungary protects the tobacco surtax
Hungary would like to defend the health care contribution on the tobacco industry and the food chain supervision fee, therefore, the European Commission in Brussels will be given this the...
Read moreThe BAT increases the number of its employees to two hundred in Pécs
In addition to the previously announced 100 employees, the BAT Pécsi Dohánygyár Kft will employ further 100 employees – Tóth Attila, the company ’s director of corporate and government relations...
Read moreThe rejected tobacco companies asks the ministry to reconsider their offer
The three tobacco companies which made an offer to take the supply of tobacco retailers in Hungary asks the ministry to reconsider their offer. The ministry previously rejected their offer....
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