The retail cigarette market is expected to continue to decline in the short term in Chile despite the efforts of its main players, British American Tobacco and Philip Morris. The growth of the illicit market has been such that it is a complex task to confront a context of unfair competition, where the difference between legal and illegal products can be as much as USD3.
Cigarette consumption amongst the Chilean population is expected to decline in the forecast period despite some growth in prevalence in recent years due to the penetration of the illicit market. Increased awareness about the health risks of cigarette smoking, as well as better health habits that include eating well, an emphasis on feeling good, and a greater willingness to exercise and play sports, mean that young people are less interested in smoking than older generations.
In the coming years, companies are expected to see lower margins due to the growth of the illicit market and the decline in consumption prevalence, with fewer and fewer people smoking cigarettes daily. This, coupled with the growth of modern channels such as convenience stores and discounters, would make distribution even more expensive, compared to the advances in products such as vapes, which will undoubtedly gain more shelf space.
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RETAIL SALES OF DUTY PAID CIGARETTES The definition of cigarettes for the purposes of this study is duty-paid, machine manufactured white-stick products. This does not exclude brands of cigarettes that do not use white paper but it is designed to exclude the volume of non-machine manufactured products such as bidis/beedis (India) and papirosy (Russia), and other smoking products made with tobacco but that either do not resemble cigarettes as recognised in the US or Europe, or those that are not machine manufactured. The exclusion of these products is intended to give a more accurate picture of the "true" market for cigarettes and cigars which has been distorted in official statistics and published reports because of the inclusion of hybrid products. NB Please note that due to its central importance and integration into the industry mainstream, Indonesia’s market data does include hand-rolled kreteks DUTY-FREE sales are excluded from retail sales, as are herbal cigarettes. ILLICIT TRADE CIGARETTES Not included in retail sales, but split out separately in volume terms only. Defined as non-duty paid cigarettes (includes smuggled & counterfeit/fake products combined). Legitimate cross-border sales are considered duty-paid. Sales arising from a foreign national purchasing cheaper cigarettes in bulk in a neighbouring country for personal use and exported back are attributed to the country where the purchase is made (e.g. bulk cigarette sales by British nationals in France are attributed to France).
See all of our definitionsThis report originates from Passport, our Cigarettes research and analysis database.
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