The illegal trade in cigarettes, which in 2016 accounted for 12.1 percent of the Indonesian market, will be given a boost by tax hikes in the pipeline.Read More
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One way of ‘encouraging’ Indonesian tobacco manufacturers to buy local leaf is to make such purchases a condition of importing tobacco.Read More
It must be comforting for the financially-poor of Indonesia to know that academics are recommending that they be further pauperized in order to cure their poverty, long term.Read More
The sale to Japan Tobacco Inc. of Gudang Garam’s subsidiary Karyadibya Mahardika and its distributor Surya Mustika Nusantara has been confirmed in a regulatory filing.Read More
The acquisition of a kretek manufacturer and its distributor is set to widen Japan Tobacco’s horizons within Indonesia’s huge cigarette market.Read More
A perfect storm of tax increases, anti-tobacco regulations and fierce competition have taken their toll on the earnings of Indonesia’s big cigarette manufacturers.Read More
A story from Indonesia about two students having been expelled for smoking contrasts with one from Australia earlier this week where a school head puts education first.Read More
The government of Indonesia wants to require tobacco companies to use domestic tobacco before they can import leaf from other countries.Read More
Indonesian tobacco production is to be afforded a measure of protection with manufacturers being required to buy local leaf if they want to import leaf.Read More
Buses are being used in Jakarta, Indonesia, to carry a message about how smoking makes people financially poorer and, therefore, why they should quit.Read More