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Company / brand cigarette market shares : 2005 FY

 

   

2005
%

2004
%

 

CIS

      

Kazakhstan

  

37.1  

35.1  

Sovereign

  

17.4  

16.0  

LD

  

10.3  

9.3  

Sobranie

  

3.3  

2.3  

 

Kyrgyzstan

  

17.7  

15.5  

 

Russia

  

16.9  

16.4  

LD

  

5.3  

5.3  

Troika

  

4.1  

3.7  

St George

  

2.2  

1.9  

Sovereign

  

0.5  

0.4  

Sobranie

  

0.5  

0.4  

 

Ukraine

  

16.2  

14.5  

LD

  

3.8  

3.4  

St George

  

2.5  

2.8  

Level

  

1.4  

1.0  

Sovereign

  

0.6  

-  

Sobranie

  

0.4  

0.3  

 

EUROPE

      

Austria

  

42.9  

45.2  

Memphis

  

25.4  

27.0  

Meine Sorte

  

7.1  

7.6  

Smart

  

2.2  

1.5  

 

Balkans

  

6.1  

5.6  

 

Canary Islands (Gallaher)

  

7.6  

8.1  

Canary Islands (CITA)

  

22.4 

20.3 

 

Czech Republic

  

6.6  

1.8  

Ronson

  

6.0  

1.8  

 

France

  

2.8  

3.1  

 

Germany1

  

8.4  

9.2  

branded

  

0.6  

0.7  

private labels

  

7.7  

8.5  

 

Greece

  

4.5  

4.6  

 

Hungary

  

1.8  

0.6  

 

Italy

  

4.0  

4.9  

 

Republic of Ireland2

  

49.0  

49.1  

Silk Cut

  

26.8  

27.5  

Benson & Hedges

  

20.6  

20.1  

 

Romania (excl. duty free)

  

2.0  

n/a  

 

Slovakia

  

6.4  

1.6  

 

Spain (Gallaher)

  

2.2  

1.7  

Spain (CITA)

  

4.1  

3.6  

 

REST OF WORLD

      

Denmark

  

3.1  

-  

LD

  

3.0  

-  

 

Estonia

  

27.2  

27.3  

Vermont

  

10.4  

9.9  

Leek

  

6.7  

8.2  

LD

  

4.7  

2.7  

 

Lithuania

  

14.9  

<1.0  

 

Poland

  

7.3  

5.6  

LD

  

2.6  

1.7  

Ronson

  

1.3  

-  

Level

  

1.3  

1.9  

Benson & Hedges (Metal)

 

0.5  

0.2  

 

Sweden2

  

39.1  

39.5  

Blend

  

17.6  

18.5  

Right

  

9.5  

9.7  

Level

  

6.4  

4.9  

 

UK

      

UK : cigarettes2

  

38.6  

38.6  

Mayfair

  

13.3  

11.7  

Benson & Hedges (Metal)

  

9.1  

9.5  

Silk Cut

  

5.7  

5.9  

Sterling

  

2.1  

1.7  

 

UK : cigars

  

46.1  

46.3  

Hamlet house

  

44.4  

45.1  

Hamlet - large / medium3

  

29.0  

30.7  

Hamlet - miniatures

  

15.4  

14.4  

 

UK - handrolling tobacco

  

28.7  

29.7  

Amber Leaf

  

18.5  

17.0  

Old Holborn

  

7.4  

8.8  

 

UK - pipe

  

48.6  

48.6  

Condor

  

27.7  

27.9  

 

 

1 March 2006

 

Notes:

 

1

Factory-made cigarettes only

2

Excludes brands involving distribution rights only

3

All cigars larger than miniatures

Sources:

 

Information for the UK, Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Czech Republic, Romania, Denmark, Estonia and Sweden is based on retail audit data (ACNielsen or Business Analytica). All other countries are based on in-market sales (information provided by distributors). Data for Canary Islands, Greece, Hungary, Slovakia, Lithuania and Balkans is estimated (based on industry market data).

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