Table 1

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

CountriesTobacconomics tax scoresBrand segmentBrand nameOwned by TTC or domestic companyTobacco companyPercentage change in real taxPercentage change in net price
2017201820192020*2017201820192020
Botswana4.13ValuePacific BlueDomesticPCC9.54.3−17.343.816.69.220.2−66
PopularChesterfield BlueTTCJTI5.43.0−25.859.7−2.55.528.7−37.1
Craven A MentholTTCBAT6.62.0−26.760.31.91.914.8−31.3
Rothmans BlueTTCBAT6.20.3−26.459.30.8−4.524.9−38.7
PremiumMarlboro Blue IceTTCPMI10.32.3−30.670.415.54.623.3−25.3
Dunhill MentholTTCBAT6.23.4−30.467.41.38.420.3−30
Camel ClassicTTCJTI6.02.4−35.275.01.86.222.4−31.5
Ethiopia1.50ValueNyala FilterDomesticNTEN/AN/AN/A96.9N/AN/AN/A−73.4
Business RoyalsIllicitITCN/AN/AN/A254.0N/AN/AN/A12.4
PopularBenson & Hedges FilterIllicitBATN/AN/AN/A168.0N/AN/AN/A27.5
Winston BlueTTCJTI/NTEN/AN/AN/A84.7N/AN/AN/A−23.4
Rothmans BlueTTCBAT/NTEN/AN/AN/A35.5N/AN/AN/A−30
PremiumMarlboro RedTTCPMI/NTEN/AN/AN/A21.9N/AN/AN/A−35.1
Lesotho2.38ValueSun WhiteDomesticSun Tobacco13.2 2.7 1.6 0.3−53.821.116.6−6.4
PopularPeter Stuyvesant FilterTTCBAT15.0−1.31.7−0.31.5−22.86.1−6.6
Camel ActivateTTCJTI14.92.13.00.0−2.40.917.2-3
PremiumDunhill CourtleighTTCBAT11.9−0.11.0−0.8−11.4−13−0.4−9.6
Madagascar1.88ValueGauloisesTTCImperial TobaccoN/AN/AN/A34.9N/AN/AN/A34.9
PopularParker and SimpsonTTCImperial TobaccoN/AN/AN/A10.1N/AN/AN/A10.1
PremiumLmTTCPMIN/AN/AN/A18.4N/AN/AN/A18.4
MalawiN/AValueBrothers MentholDomesticVITLN/A−0.4−1.0N/AN/A−21.3−11.8N/A
Ascot FilterTTCBATN/A1.62.5−4.8N/A−5.810.8−41
PopularNyasaDomesticNyasaN/A−22.87.6−2.5N/A−79.569.8−28.4
Pall Mall RedTTCBATN/A−4.713.7−5.8N/A−32.656.5−30.5
PremiumSino-maDomesticSino-Ma Lt.N/A0.6−3.37.4N/A−12.6−17.23.3
Peter Stuyvesant BlueTTCBATN/A−2.90.312.6N/A−20−9.516.9
Dunhill Master BlendTTCBATN/A3.2−1.77.3N/A−6.5−14.14.4
Mozambique2.50ValueCaesar BlueDomesticBTCN/AN/AN/A2.1N/AN/AN/A−4.9
PopularPall Mall BlueTTCBATN/AN/AN/A0.8N/AN/AN/A−3.9
PremiumCamel ClassicTTCPMIN/AN/AN/A−5.0N/AN/AN/A−9.5
Dunhill Double CapsuleTTCBATN/AN/AN/A−3.9N/AN/AN/A−7.8
Namibia2.38ValueLD BlueTTCJTI2.90.42.11.032.2−24.712.7−20.8
PopularChesterfield BlueTTCPMI1.81.90.01.31.83.4−12.3−3.8
Craven A MentholTTCBAT2.50.40.91.27.2−7.2−4.4-4
Camel ActivateTTCJTI1.30.3−0.20.8−2.3−10.2−16.5−10.9
PremiumMarlboroTTCPMI1.90.90.72.22.3−2.9−4.53.6
KentTTCBAT0.81.51.20.5−3.70.4−1.1-7
Nigeria1.25ValueOrisDomesticN/AN/AN/A33.012.6N/AN/A−8.5−26.1
Winston BlueTTCJTIN/AN/A 47.1 22.8N/AN/A5.4−2.1
PopularLondon MentholTTCBATN/AN/A32.113.0N/AN/A-4−18.3
Dorchester St MoritzTTCJTIN/AN/A25.813.9N/AN/A−14.1−19.2
PremiumDunhill SwitchTTCBATN/AN/A113.7−9.5N/AN/A127.1−35.9
South Africa2.38ValueAtlantic MentholDomesticCarnilinx1.52.42.71.0−12.1−43.880.7−17.5
Voyager BlueDomesticGLTC1.12.81.20.7−20−45.664.5−26.6
Pall Mall RedTTCBAT2.42.50.80.69.9−17.3−10.6−16.8
PopularChesterfield BlueTTCPMI1.53.61.90.3−1.7−2.45.5−9.8
Craven A MentholTTCBAT2.72.91.30.88−7.9−0.1−4.3
Glamour PinksTTCJTI1.23.22.2−0.1−2.9−5.56.8−10.5
PremiumMarlboro GoldTTCPMI1.13.51.50.4−3.3−3.61.3−6.1
Dunhill CourtleighTTCBAT1.12.81.20.78.5−7.6−0.5−4.2
Camel BlueTTCJTI0.73.81.70.1−5.4−1.73−7.8
Tanzania0.75ValueMasterDomesticMastermindN/A3.814.9−3.4N/A33.868.538.5
PopularChesterfield RemixTTCPMIN/A1.35.7N/AN/A12.522.343
Club MentholTTCJTIN/AN/AN/A10.7N/A29.322.238.5
PremiumEmbassyDomesticTCCN/A1.97.47.5N/A8.318.119.1
Dunhill BlueTTCBATN/AN/A1.721.2N/AN/A5.755.1
Camel WhiteTTCJTIN/AN/A4.08.2N/AN/A10.722
Zambia1.38ValueGuards GreenDomesticRITCON/A0.9−2.6N/AN/A−104.3−13.5N/A
Safari MentholTTCBATN/A−6.4−2.8N/AN/A−118.5−42.9N/A
PopularPeter Stuyvesant BlueTTCBATN/A−0.6 −4.7N/AN/A−9.3−12.9N/A
PremiumCamel BlueTTCJTIN/AN/A−3.2N/AN/AN/A−5.8N/A
Dunhill SwitchTTCBATN/A−1.8−4.4N/AN/A−7.9−8.1N/A
Zimbabwe1.25ValueRemington GoldDomesticGLTC1.5−0.9−44.0−72.100−46.8−48
Ascot ToastedTTCBAT1.5−0.9−24.0N/A00102.1N/A
PopularPacific BlueDomesticPCC−3.611.1−50.7−74.4−25.782.7−73.7−56
Madison ToastedTTCBAT1.520.8−36.4−83.61.194.5−23.7−91.9
PremiumBranson MintDomesticPCC1.53.2−55.1−76.01.713.6−81.3−60
Newbury FilterTTCBAT4.70.1−21.2−81.612.92.329.9−90.8

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

  • Authors’ own calculation using the 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).

  • 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.