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The manufacture of cigarettes is dominated by giant firms and state-owned tobacco monopolies.
| Largest Tobacco Companies | ||
|---|---|---|
| COMPANY | GLOBAL MARKET SHARE (%) | 1999 TOBACCO SALES ($BIL) |
| China National Tobacco Co.[?] (CNTC) | 32.7 | $0.023 |
| Philip Morris Cos. (USA) | 17.3 | $47 |
| British American Tobacco PLC[?] (BAT, UK) | 16.0 | $30.4 |
| Japan Tobacco[?] | 9.0 | $29.9 |
| R.J. Reynolds Tobacco (USA) | 2.0 | $7.6 |
| Reemtsma[?] (Germany) | 2.0 | |
| Altadis[?] (France and Spain) | 2.0 | |
| PT Gudang Garam[?] (Indonesia) | 1.4 | |
| TEKEL[?] (Turkey) | 1.3 | |
| ITC[?] (India) | 1.0 | |
| Fortune Tobacco Co.[?] (Philippines) | .9 | |
| Eastern Company[?] (Egypt) | .8 | |
| Thailand Tobacco[?] monopoly | .8 | |
| Lorillard Tobacco Co.[?] (USA) | .7 | |
| (2000, Euromonitor[?], Tara Parker-Pope) | ||
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