The Eastern Tobacco Company expects to see its revenues climb by additional EGP 300 mn to EGP 12.2 bn in FY2017-18 following the recent hike in some of its product prices, the company said in an EGX filing. Earlier this month, Eastern Company had increased the prices for three of its Cleopatra cigarettes by 4.2-17.6% due to increasing production costs.
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