Elasticity of Tobacco Products
Estimated price elasticities for selected SEE countries vary from 0.44 in Croatia up to 0.83 in Bosnia-Herzegovina, which means that increase in prices of cigarettes for 10% per pack will lead to decrease in consumption of cigarettes by 4.4%-8.3%
Tobacco Market
The total annual number of cigarettes produced in selected SEE countries increased from 36,100 million sticks in 2013 to 52,000 million sticks in 2017, while raw tobacco yields have decreased from 50,300 t to 42,500 t indicating rapid growth of its imports to satisfy growing needs of the industry
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Tobacco Taxation and Pricing
The total excise tax per cigarette pack, among selected SEE non-EU countries, varies from 0.79€ in Macedonia up to 1.55€ in Bosnia-Hercegovina, while the EU Directive 2011/64/EU requires it to be at least 1.9€
Latest
Roundtable – Excises on tobacco products: An efficient tool for decrease of smoking prevalence held on October 12, 2018 in Zagreb
12 10 2018Roundtable was organised within the international research project Accelerating Progress on Effective Tobacco Tax Policies in Low and Middle- Income CountriesTHE THIRD RESEARCH MEETING - Accelerating Progress on Effective Tobacco Tax Policies in Low-and Middle-Income Countries
18 09 2018The third research meeting of all national team representatives in Western Balkan countries consortium related to the international project „ Accelerating Progress on Effective Tobacco Tax Policies in Low and Middle Income Countries“ was held at the Institute of Economic Sciences, during the September 17th and 18th.Applied Stata Course
28 06 2018Workshop „Applied Stata Course- Deaton’s Model of Price Elasticity Estimation using Household Budget Survey Data“ was held at the Institute of Economic Sciences in Belgrade, Serbia during 27 th and 28 th of June 2018. This Workshop is realized in cooperation with University Illinois in Chicago within research activities on international scientific project „Accelerating Progress on Effective Tobacco Tax Policies in Low and MIddle Income Countries“.
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