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Thailand’s Oriental Powerhouse

Thailand’s Oriental Powerhouse

By Heneage Mitchell   

Thailand’s tobacco crop caters primarily to its domestic market. Thailand Tobacco Monopoly (TTM), which is a state-owned arm of the Ministry of Finance, controls over 70% of the retail cigarette market and buys much of the domestically produced FCV for its manufacturing requirements.

But several thousand tons of burley and oriental tobacco are also produced for export. Thai tobacco exports used to be stronger in the days when there were over 10 exporters, but because of convergence and consolidation, there are now far fewer players.

Three companies dominate the leaf tobacco export industry in Thailand: Alliance One International (AOI), Premium Tobacco (who’s Thai operations were featured in this magazine in 2006) and Adams International Limited (AIL), who are partnered with AOI. Premium concentrates on burley, handling around 8,000 tons annually from a total burley har...

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Djarum: Positioned for Success

Djarum: Positioned for Success

By Heneage Mitchell  

In Indonesia’s burgeoning and colorful kretek culture, there is no more iconic or innovative company than Djarum.

Djarum has been a...

China Fights Illegal Leaf Tobacco Trade

China Fights Illegal Leaf Tobacco Trade

By Allen Liao  

With the approach of yet another busy season of leaf tobacco harvesting in China, the tobacco monopoly administrative authorities in coo...

Leading the Pack in Vietnam BMJ Brings Its Experience and Know-How to the Table

Leading the Pack in Vietnam BMJ Brings Its Experience and Know-How to the Table

By Heneage Mitchell  

BMJ has established itself as the primary supplier of high quality paper and packaging solutions to the Indonesian industry as wel...

China New Filters Focus on Function

China New Filters Focus on Function

By Allen Liao  

Along with continued progress in the development of new technologies for enhancing functionality of cigarette filters and lowering the t...

 

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