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Government of India
Ministry of Commerce & Industry

07-May-2012 15:20 IST

Production of Tobacco

The details regarding estimated production and consumption of tobacco is as under:

 

 

Year	Production (Million Kgs)	Consumption (Million Kgs)
2009-10	757.00	501.00
2010-11	701.09	472.00
2011-12	670.00	475.00

Source: Tobacco Board/ Industry

The details  regarding value of export of tobacco  and its products is as under:

 

(Value in Rs. Crore)

Year	Unmanufactured Tobacco	Tobacco Products	Total
2009-10	3655.49	746.80	4402.29
2010-11	3192.39	1018.02	4210.41
2011-12 (provisional)	3107.02	1063.29	4170.31

Source: Tobacco Board

There has been a decline in production and consumption as well as export of tobacco and tobacco products in 2011-12 over 2009-10.

 

The total area under tobacco cultivation during 2009-10 was 2.56 lakh hectare which has been increased to 2.68 lakh hectare during 2010-11.  The total area under tobacco cultivation during 2011-12 has come down to 2.17 lakh hectare. 

 

      Government has received representations/ appeals requesting ban/restriction on smoke / tobacco consumption. The Government of India with an objective to protect citizens, with special attention to risk groups such as pregnant women and children, and to discourage consumption of cigarettes and other tobacco products enacted “The Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, (COTPA), 2003. I addition to this, the Tobacco Board regulates the crop size for FCV Tobacco.

The data regarding excise and custom duty on tobacco and its products is as under:

 

Excise Collected on Tobacco Products

 

(Rs. in crore)

Products	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11
Cigarettes	9310.23	9555.67	11170.45
Chewing Tobacco	916.63	1062.05	1053
Biris	488.52	489.69	471.62
All other Tobacco Products in Chapter 24 of Foreign Trade Policy	2584.93	2745.96	2807.07
Total	13300.31	13853.27	15502.35

Source: Department of Revenue

 

Custom Duty Collected on Tobacco Products

(Rs. in crore)

Products	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11 (up to Jan, 2011)
Cigarettes	1.5614	2.2395	3.4151
Chewing Tobacco	0.0002	0.0003	0.2130
Biris	0.0100	0	0.1600
All other Tobacco Products in Chapter 24 of Foreign Trade Policy	11.7788	12.1127	21.8520
Total	13.3505	14.3526	25.6401

Source: Department of Revenue

This information was given by Shri Jyotiradiya M. Scindia,  Minister of State for Commerce & Industry   in written reply to a question in  Lok    Sabha today.

DS/GK

Tobacco regulation: COTPA and Tobacco Board oversight aim to limit production, protect risk groups, and discourage consumption. Estimated tobacco production, consumption and exports declined while cultivated area contracted after an earlier rise; excise and customs receipts continued to be recorded across tobacco product categories. The Government received representations seeking bans or restrictions and enacted The Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Act to protect risk groups and discourage consumption, while the Tobacco Board regulates FCV tobacco crop size.