This Access Asia report extensively covers the tobacco market in China. It covers industry structure, retail sales, distribution systems, consumer profiles, marketing and production industry. China is now the world’s largest tobacco market.
China is seen as the ultimate prize for the international tobacco industry. A country with a largely restricted market and laws against tobacco advertising but one with three hundred million smokers - four time the consumption rate of the number two world market, the USA, and just about the only major international market that is growing. The Chinese government likes tobacco too, despite some very real attempts to stem its use amongst young people. Tobacco contributes a tenth of tax revenues in China, a tidy sum. The Chinese market is certainly one with mind-boggling statistics. Among Chinese males aged between 15-25 smoking increased by 6% between 1984-1996 with 46% of all college students admitting that they are smokers. The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that 40% of all Chinese aged 15 and over do smoke a total of 1.7 trillion cigarettes annually. This is 85 billion packs annually, a third of total global consumption and represents approximately 320 million smokers in all. However, there is also a health price to be paid with an estimated 750,000 Chinese dying annually from smoking related diseases This death toll is now likely to slow down with an estimated three million Chinese starting to smoke annually.

TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3 CHAPTER 1 Market Overview 7 1.1 Market Definition 7 1.2 Research Highlights 7 1.3 Market Analysis 7 CHAPTER 2 Market Value 8 CHAPTER 3 Market Volume 9 CHAPTER 4 Market Segmentation 10 CHAPTER 5 Competitive Landscape 11 CHAPTER 6 Leading Companies 12 6.1 China National Tobacco Corporation 12 6.2 Yuxi Hongta Tobacco (Group) Co., Ltd. 12 6.3 Shanghai Tobacco (Group) Corporation 12 CHAPTER 7 Market Forecasts 13 7.1 Market Value Forecast 13 7.2 Market Volume Forecast 14 CHAPTER 8 Macroeconomic Indicators 15 CHAPTER 9 Further Reading 17 9.1 Sources 17 9.2 Related Datamonitor Research 18 LIST OF TABLES Table 1: China Tobacco Market Value: $ billion, 2001-2005 8 Table 2: China Tobacco Market Volume: Sticks billion, 2001-2005 9 Table 3: China Tobacco Market Segmentation: % Share, by Value, 2005 10 Table 4: China Tobacco Market Value Forecast: $ billion, 2005-2010 13 Table 5: China Tobacco Market Volume Forecast: Sticks billion, 2005-2010 14 Table 6: China Size of Population (million) , 2001-2005 15 Table 7: China GDP (1995=100), 2001-2005 15 Table 8: China Inflation, 2001-2005 15 Table 9: China Exchange Rate, 2001 16 ?? ?? ?? ?? CONTENTS