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Cigarettes, Cigars and Smoking Tobacco Are the Product Segments Analysed in the German Tobacco Market

Posted on: Monday, 2 April 2007, 12:00 CDT

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c53144) has announced the addition of the Euromonitor International report: Tobacco in Germany to their offering.

The Tobacco in Germany market report offers a comprehensive guide to the size and shape of the market at a national level. It provides the latest retail sales data, allowing you to identify the sectors driving growth. It identifies the leading companies, the leading brands and offers strategic analysis of key factors influencing the market - be they new product developments, packaging innovations, economic/lifestyle influences, distribution or pricing issues. Forecasts illustrate how the market is set to change.

Product coverage includes: cigarettes, cigars and smoking tobacco

Data coverage: market sizes (historic and forecasts), company shares, brand shares and distribution data

Why buy this report?

- Get a detailed picture of the tobacco industry

- Pinpoint growth sectors and identify factors driving change

- Understand the competitive environment, the market's major players and leading brands

- Use five-year forecasts to assess how the market is predicted to develop

Topics Covered

Executive Summary

Trading Down

Tax Increases Lead To Contraction of Legal Market, Growth in Contraband

Final Year for 'sticks' Production, Replacement by Fine Cut

A Tobacco Friendlier Government?

Key Trends and Impact Assessment

Smoking Population

Death by Cause

Legislation

EU Directives

Health Warnings

Duty-paid Packet Marks

Advertising and Sponsorship

Smoking in Public Places

Litigation

Taxation and Duty Levies

Contraband (cigarettes)

Chart 1 Contraband Penetration by Region

Production/imports/exports

The Role and Effect of Cannabis/marijuana

Cigarettes: Price Bands

Cigarettes: Filter Splits

Cigarettes: Pack Splits

Market Indicators

Market Data

Definitions

Summary

Trading down

The year 2005 was characterised by a strong trading down trend. Consumers moved sharply towards the new value segment, as indicated by strong and rapid growth of brands such as JPS, priced at €3.30 for 17. The value segment squeezed private label, which, as a result, lost share.

Tax increases lead to contraction of legal market, growth in contraband

Consumption of duty-paid domestic cigarettes has fallen below 100 billion sticks. Consumers have continued to move from cigarettes towards eco-cigarillos, RYO and sticks. This movement is considered to be due to a round of tax increases on cigarettes, the third and final installment of which was introduced in September 2005. Price increases have also led to an increase in contraband, with sales reaching a reported high in 2005.

Final year for 'Sticks' production, replacement by fine cut

The EU ruled that, from 2006, sticks (self-assembly ready-made roll of tobacco, also known as 'singles') must be taxed on a par with cigarettes. Manufacturers therefore ceased their production of these products because they saw no economic value in it. Sticks had experienced massive popularity and growth in the years up to, and including, 2005, with some production centres relying entirely on their manufacture. In their place manufacturers are introducing fine-cut tobacco, which has greater volume and therefore appeals to consumers no longer served by sticks products.

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c53144.

Source: Business Wire

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