Table 2

Year-to-year percentage change in real net price (2017–2020), by brand category, producers (TTC or domestic) and companies for single-sticks

CountriesTobacconomics tax scoresBrand segmentBrand nameOwned by TTC or domestic companyTobacco companyPercentage change in real taxPercentage change in net price
20172018201920202017201820192020
Botswana4.13ValuePeter StuyvesantDomesticPCC9.54.3−17.343.8−27.8−6.84.5−22.3
PopularCraven A MentholTTCBAT6.62.0−26.760.3−29.0−6.312.1−29.3
PremiumDunhill MentholTTCBAT6.23.4−30.467.4−24.4−6.3−13.4−32.4
Ethiopia1.5ValueNyala FilterDomesticNTEN/AN/A46.196.9N/AN/A−25.6−63.8
PopularRothmans BlueTTCBATN/AN/A16.935.5N/AN/A−18.8−30.0
PremiumMarlboro RedTTCPMIN/AN/A12.0−19.7N/AN/A−17.7−30.7
Lesotho2.38ValueSun WhiteDomesticSun Tobacco13.2−6.05.22.5−83.16.7244.1−17.1
PopularPeter Stuyvesant FilterTTCBAT15.0−1.31.7−0.3−16.1−6.123.1−7.5
PremiumDunhill CourtleighTTCBAT11.9−0.11.0−0.8−13.1−6.2−7.5−7.3
Madagascar1.88ValueNew RedTTCIBN/AN/AN/A34.9N/AN/AN/A71.2
PopularMÃLiaTTCIBN/AN/AN/A10.1N/AN/AN/A−95.0
PremiumGood LookTTCPMIN/AN/AN/A18.4N/AN/AN/A18.4
Mozambique2.5ValueCaesar BlueDomesticBTCN/AN/AN/A2.1N/AN/AN/A−60.2
PopularPall Mall BlueTTCBATN/AN/AN/A0.8N/AN/AN/A−3.6
PremiumDunhill Double CapsuleTTCBATN/AN/AN/A−3.9N/AN/AN/A−2.5
Namibia2.38ValueAspenTTCJTI2.90.42.1N/A−12.3−52.2403.4N/A
PopularPall Mall BlueTTCPMI2.50.40.9N/A−13.3−11.540.0N/A
PremiumDunhill KingsizeTTCPMI0.81.51.2N/A−9.4−9.342.6N/A
Nigeria1.25ValueOrisDomesticN/AN/AN/A33.012.6N/AN/A−27.4−26.1
PopularDorchester St MoritzTTCJTIN/AN/A25.813.9N/AN/A101.6−45.5
PremiumDunhill SwitchTTCBATN/AN/A113.7−9.5N/AN/A191.49.3
South Africa2.38ValueRg BlueDomesticCarnilinx1.52.42.71.0−244.7−126.0439.178.0
PopularPall Mall BlueTTCPMI2.42.50.80.6−51.3−15.5160.6−38.9
PremiumDunhill CourtleighTTCBAT1.12.81.20.719.0−8.617.2−6.1
Tanzania0.75ValueMaster FilterDomesticMastermindN/A3.814.9−3.4N/A68.4−11.046.1
PopularClub FilterTTCJTIN/A1.39.510.7N/A60.3−9.138.5
PremiumEmbassyDomesticTCCN/A1.97.47.5N/A25.3−6.919.1
Zambia1.38ValueGuards GreenDomesticRITCON/AN/A0.9N/AN/AN/A42.1N/A
PopularLife MentholTTCBATN/AN/A−0.7N/AN/AN/A−198.8N/A
PremiumPeter StuyvesantTTCJTIN/AN/A−1.8N/AN/AN/A−96.7N/A
Zimbabwe1.25ValuePacific BlueDomesticGLTC−3.611.1−50.7N/A8.2−13.2277.8N/A
PopularMadison ToastedTTCBAT1.520.8−36.4N/A1.5−10.183.5N/A
PremiumKingsgateDomesticPCC4.70.1−21.2N/A0.1−1.4129.9N/A

  • Brands were allocated to producers based on desktop research conducted by the authors; sources included company websites, legal documents and media articles, among others. Therefore, errors and omissions are possible.

  • Authors’ own calculation using the database of African Cigarette Price (ACP) Project and WHO’s Global Tobacco Epidemic Report.

  • Yellow: undershifting, Blue: overshifting, Pink: percentage change in tax more than 20% (arbitrarily chosen). (For colour information, please refer to the online version).

  • Since there were no data on single-sticks from Malawi, therefore it is not added to the table.

  • BAT, British American Tobacco; GLTC, Global Leaf Tobacco Company; IB, Imperial Brands; ITC, Independent Tobacco Company; JTI, Japan Tobacco International; NTE, National Tobacco Enterprise; PCC, Pacific Cigarette Company; PMI, Philip Morris International; RITCO, Roland Imperial Tobacco; TCC, Tanzania Cigarette Company; TTC, transnational tobacco company; VITL, Vision international Tobacco Limited.