In 2021, cigarettes in Slovakia continued to see a decline in retail volume sales, driven by factors such as price and health awareness, both of which have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, leading consumers to shift to less costly or reduced harm alternatives. Manufacturers therefore focused their product innovation within cigarettes in 2021 on packaging, especially compact cigarette packs which have been becoming more fashionable as they are more convenient to carry around.
A major hike in cigarette taxation in Slovakia in 2021 negatively impacted cigarette volumes sold in retail in the country. It no doubt also led to the rise in illicit trade of cigarettes in 2021, although the reopening of borders and the reignited mobility of Slovaks will also have contributed to this.
In 2021, value sales of cigarettes at constant 2021 prices decreased slightly. Slovak smokers shifted to more affordable products such as fine cut tobacco, which was able to benefit from a lower excise tax (more specifically, still being sold under the old excise duty stamp until the end of 2021).
The retail volume decline of cigarettes will continue over the forecast period in Slovakia. Growing health concerns in regard to traditional smoking led more and more smokers to switch to vaping and smokeless products in 2021.
Cross-border shopping is expected to take away additional growth opportunities for cigarette sales in Slovakia during 2022. This is because of the easing of pandemic restrictions and much lower fuel prices which help attract tourists and shoppers to countries like Poland and Hungary.
Illicit trade in cigarettes is going to strengthen noticeably in Slovakia during the forecast period, despite the existing cigarette tracking system in place. (The system for tobacco traceability became operational in 2020, with cigarette packs obliged to use a unique identification code to align to the track and trace system, which allows the local authorities to detect contraband products quickly.
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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).
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