Table 6

Point price elasticity estimates

Income elasticity estimatesPrice elasticity
2007–20082008–20092009–2010
0.060.240.290.060.240.290.060.240.29
Sale of domestic filtered cigarettes−0.27−0.150.11−0.23−0.18−0.16−0.54−0.60−0.61
Sale of domestic filtered cigarettes plus imported cigarettes−0.34−0.22−0.19−0.21−0.15−0.14−0.55−0.60−0.62
Production plus import minus export (filtered cigarettes)−0.26−0.15−0.11−0.24−0.18−0.17−0.49−0.54−0.56