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Company / brand cigarette market shares : 2006 FY

 

   

2006
%

2005
%

 

CIS

      

Kazakhstan(1)

  

37.7

37.1

Sovereign

  

18.2

17.4

LD

  

9.3

10.3

Sobranie

  

4.4

3.3

 

Russia

  

17.0

16.9

LD

  

5.3

5.3

Troika

  

4.0

4.1

Saint George

  

2.3

2.2

Sobranie

  

0.8

0.5

Sovereign

  

0.5

0.5

 

Ukraine

  

16.9

16.2

LD

  

4.0

3.8

Saint George

  

2.0

2.5

Ronson

  

3.1

0.5

Sovereign

  

1.1

0.6

Sobranie

  

0.4

0.4

 

EUROPE

      

Austria(2)

  

37.1

39.1

Memphis

  

19.5

23.2

Meine Sorte

  

5.7

6.5

Smart

  

5.5

2.0

 

Pan-Balkans

  

6.1

6.1

 

Canary Islands(3)

  

32.1

30.1

 

Czech Republic

  

6.8

6.6

Ronson

  

4.5

6.0

 

France

  

2.7

2.8

 

Germany(4)

  

7.4

8.4

branded

  

0.6

0.6

private labels

  

6.8

7.7

 

Greece(5)

  

4.1

4.0

 

Hungary

  

2.2

1.8

 

Italy

  

3.7

4.0

 

Portugal(3)

  

3.2

2.8

 

Republic of Ireland(6)

  

49.1

49.0

Silk Cut

  

26.1

26.8

Benson & Hedges

  

21.6

20.6

 

Romania (excl. duty free)

  

3.4

2.0

 

Slovakia(5)

  

3.8

2.2

 

Spain(3)

  

4.9

6.3

Coronas (blond)

  

1.4

1.1

 

RoW

      

Denmark

  

4.4

3.1

LD

  

4.4

3.0

 

Estonia

  

24.7

27.2

Vermont

  

9.0

10.4

 

Lithuania

  

11.6

14.9

 

Poland

  

5.7

7.3

LD

  

2.1

2.6

Ronson

  

1.6

1.3

Benson & Hedges (Metal)

 

0.3

0.5

 

Sweden(6)

  

35.8

39.1

Blend

  

16.3

17.6

Right

  

8.4

9.5

Level

  

6.0

6.4

 

UK

      

UK : cigarettes(6)

  

38.7

38.6

Mayfair

  

13.5

13.3

Benson & Hedges (Metal)

  

9.5

9.1

Silk Cut

  

5.5

5.7

Sterling

  

3.4

2.1

 

UK : cigars

  

44.1

46.1

Hamlet house

  

42.2

44.4

Hamlet : large / medium(7)

  

26.5

29.0

Hamlet : miniatures

  

15.7

15.4

 

UK : handrolling tobacco

  

29.5

28.7

Amber Leaf

  

20.5

18.5

Old Holborn

  

7.1

7.4

 

UK : pipe

  

48.6

48.6

Condor

  

28.1

27.7

 

 

2 March 2007

Notes :

  1. New sectors pavilions, petrol stations and newsagent kiosks and tobacconists included from January 2006
  2. Figures for 2005 restated, as market shares now based on total estimated sales through all distribution channels
  3. Figures for 2005 restated to include CITA
  4. Factory-made cigarettes only
  5. Figures for 2005 restated, as retail audit data now available
  6. Excludes brands involving distribution rights only
  7. All cigars larger than miniatures

Sources:

Information for the UK, Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Czech Republic, Greece, Romania, Slovakia, Denmark (2005), Estonia, Lithuania (2006) 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 Austria, Canary Islands, Hungary, Denmark (2006), Lithuania (2005) and Pan-Balkans is estimated (based on industry market data).

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