New Report Available: Tobacco in Belarus
In 2013 retail sales of cigarettes saw growth, albeit of only 2% in volume. Tobacco market experts consider the internal demand for cigarettes in Belarus to be fairly stable. High growth in retail sales of cigarettes in the first part of the review period (2009-2011) was partially attributed to the so-called "people's export", with some volume of cigarettes sold in Belarus taken out of Belarus to nearby European countries by private travellers. This tendency slowed in 2013 because the high...
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