The data provided by the 2003 Tobacco Control Country profile for South Africa, also see the Reporting Instrument (July 15, 2008) or in the M-Power package, country profile p.80 (not much) (all pdf formats)
Retail price of 20 cigarettes with tax
Domestic brand US$ (local currency) Tobacco Atlas: $2.53
Foreign brand US$ (local currency) Tobacco Atlas, Marlboro: $2.65
From Reporting Instrument: Peter Stuyvesant: 18.45R Marlboro: 19.83R
Cigarette taxes and duties: from Tobacco Atlas: 46.2% Not very clear from the RI...
Excise tax:
Sales tax:
Import duty:
Total annual income for tobacco taxes:
2007:
% of the State budget covered by tobacco taxes:
2007:
Market share by cigarette manufacturer: 2001: BAT 94%, PM: 6%, JT: 4.8%, Mastermind: 0.8%, Imports: 0.4%
Estimate of smuggling
Se also this article from February 2007 about prices and taxes in South Africa with comments by Economy Professor Evan Blecher (Cape Town University)
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