{"id":638575,"date":"2017-10-09T03:45:26","date_gmt":"2017-10-09T03:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/10\/09\/eastern-company-sold-83-bn-cigarettes-in-egypt-last-fy\/"},"modified":"2017-10-09T03:45:26","modified_gmt":"2017-10-09T03:45:26","slug":"eastern-company-sold-83-bn-cigarettes-in-egypt-last-fy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/10\/09\/eastern-company-sold-83-bn-cigarettes-in-egypt-last-fy\/","title":{"rendered":"Eastern Company sold 83 bn cigarettes in Egypt last FY"},"content":{"rendered":"

Egyptians smoked EGP 36.7 bn-worth of cigarettes in FY 2016-17, up form EGP 28.5 bn a year earlier, data from Eastern Company showed. The company increased its production output to 83 bn cigarettes from 80 bn a year earlier, the data also showed. Eastern Company exported EGP 103.5 mn worth of cigarettes in FY2016-17, up from EGP 66 mn a year before. Ahram Gate notes<\/a> that 19.6% of Egypt\u2019s population are smokers and 60% of them smoke between 15-24 cigarettes a day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Egyptians smoked EGP 36.7 bn-worth of cigarettes in FY 2016-17, up form EGP 28.5 bn a year earlier, data from Eastern Company showed. The company increased its production output to 83 bn cigarettes from 80 bn a year earlier, the data also showed. 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