PROSPECTS OF INDONESIAN CIGARETTE INDUSTRY: PT HM Sampoerna to produce white cigarettes soon

From: Indonesian Commercial Newsletter | Date: October 28, 1991 | Copyright information

The number of companies producing white cigarettes is smaller than the number of companies producing clove cigarettes. The market shares of white cigarette manufacturers have been declining since clove cigarette manufacturers began producing filtered clove cigarettes. Because of increasing pressure from clove cigarette manufacturers, white cigarette manufacturers have gradually changed their orientation to export markets. Although most of the existing white cigarette manufacturers are...

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