Table 3

Net real cigarette prices for manufactured cigarettes by market partition of brand: 2010–2020

Net real cigarette prices*† (NZ cents per stick)
YearSuper ValueBudgetEverydayPremium
20108.813.119.427.0
201112.414.822.130.4
201212.615.623.532.7
201312.817.822.233.1
201413.118.528.740.8
201516.422.131.744.7
201617.424.735.744.9
201719.727.439.050.7
2018‡22.728.642.348.9
201920.929.645.054.3
202019.626.941.246.1
Mean price difference compared with 2010+8.0+9.5+13.7+15.7
  • *Where the real price is net of goods and services tax (GST) and excise tax and deflated by the Consumers Price Index (CPI).

  • †Underlined numbers indicate under-shifting; bold numbers indicate over-shifting. Italic numbers indicate year-on-year differences of less than one cent.

  • ‡Plain packaging fully implemented in June 2018.

  • NZ, New Zealand.