Understand the cultural and socioeconomic influences that shape i...
Understand the cultural and socioeconomic influences that shape industry demand throughout Asia-Pacific, with local insight, market statistics and analysis ranging from strategic regional overview to in-depth coverage by country or city.
Within tobacco in Kazakhstan, retail volume sales of cigarettes continued to decline in 2023. The performance of cigarettes in the market was affected by the switch to alternatives like smoking tobacco, closed system single use (closed vaping…
Sales of tobacco in Japan remained fairy stable in retail current value terms in 2023. The Japanese government reclassified COVID-19 in May 2023, moving it from a level two to level five infectious disease. The new level is the same class as seasonal…
In 2023, legal cigarettes saw a significant decline in volume sales in Indonesia. The Indonesian Government increased the tobacco excise tax (CHT) rate by an average of 10% for cigarettes, 15% for electronic cigarettes and 6% for any other processed…
After seeing declines during the first year of the pandemic in 2020, cigarettes experienced volume and current value growth in India in 2021 and 2022, which continued for a third year in 2023. This was due to increased office occupancy, moderate…
Retail volume sales of tobacco in Hong Kong continued to strongly decline in 2023. Strong tobacco control measures and legislation introduced by the local government have resulted in a highly saturated and mature market. The government introduced yet…