Pakistan
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Country Report
Travel in Pakistan
Oct 2018
Travel and tourism is amongst the major industries that the government hopes will provide a boost to the country’s economic development, following a recent rise in inflow of foreign and domestic tourists. The industry, which has mainly been ...
Country Briefing
Economy, Finance and Trade: Pakistan
Sep 2018
Pakistan’s economy posted an over-a-decade-high economic growth rate in 2017. The medium- to long-term outlook for the economy remains favourable, thanks to robust growth in exports, a healthy pace of growth in consumption levels, favourable ...
Country Profile
Asia Pacific: Regional Profile
Sep 2018
Driven by China and India, Asia’s developing economies saw healthy rates of growth in 2017. Japan’s economic prospects are less favourable however. Too many of Asia’s economies are excessively dependent on exports and large inflows of foreign ...
Country Profile
Pakistan: Country Profile
Aug 2018
Pakistan’s economy will see solid growth in 2018. Spending associated with the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor is the major driver. Private consumption, solid growth in agriculture and robust exports provide additional support. Fiscal constraints ...
Country Report
Cigarettes in Pakistan
Aug 2018
The creation of a third tax tier for cigarettes in 2017 encouraged manufacturers to introduce new and more competitively priced products specifically aimed at the growing number of middle-income consumers in Pakistan. One such product was the L&M ...
Country Report
Cigars, Cigarillos and Smoking Tobacco in Pakistan
Aug 2018
Demand for cigars is still concentrated among a small base of high-income earners in Pakistan. However, during the review period the booming economic environment helped to strengthen interest in cigars among the country’s expanding base of ...
Country Report
Tobacco in Pakistan
Aug 2018
Despite various factors that hindered market expansion, tobacco in Pakistan remained resilient in 2017. During the first half of the year, major licensed tobacco players recorded steep volume sales declines, while illicit trade rose. However, changes...
Country Report
Smokeless Tobacco and Vapour Products in Pakistan
Aug 2018
2016 saw local authorities in Pakistan’s Punjab province impose a ban on the manufacturing and consumption of chewing tobacco. Authorities in Sindh province followed suit in 2017, introducing a bill to ban the production, promotion and sale of gutka ...
Strategy Briefing
What’s Happening in Tobacco? Q2 2018
Jun 2018
In the latest in an ongoing series of quarterly briefings looking at major (and some minor) developments in the world of tobacco, we assess the latest performance of the major multinationals, their recent NGP moves, further M&A activities from ...
Strategy Briefing
The Rise of “Lifestyle” Diseases in Developing Countries
Jun 2018
Although life expectancy and living standards are improving, developing countries also experience a rapid rise in health problems such as diabetes, obesity, high blood pressure and raised cholesterol levels. Caused mainly by dietary changes and a ...
Country Report
Beer in Pakistan
May 2018
Potential threats to beer growth in the forecast period pertain to outlets selling alcoholic drinks in Sindh: more units may be shut down and higher regulation may be applied that restricts and hampers actual growth through the legal channel. The law...
Country Report
Cider/Perry in Pakistan
May 2018
The cider/perry category remains non-existent in Pakistan and the production and importing of these drinks are banned. Cider/perry is not brought into Pakistan using illegal channels either, due to low demand and due to illegal channels mainly ...
Country Report
Alcoholic Drinks in Pakistan
May 2018
The province of Sindh generates the highest volume of liquor sales in Pakistan. However, on 2 March 2017 there was a month-long ban on liquor sales placed by the provincial government, and the Sindh High Court (SHC) ruled in its order that all 120 ...
Country Report
Rtds/High-Strength Premixes in Pakistan
May 2018
There were still insignificant sales in 2017 and there was no local production and imports were banned....
Country Report
Spirits in Pakistan
May 2018
There has been increased involvement from the government in terms of placing bans and restricting illegal consumption, which has curbed the potential sales performance of spirits. There was less laxness in 2017 due to election year being in 2018, ...
Country Report
Wine in Pakistan
May 2018
Sales of locally produced wine are non-existent in Pakistan and no local production is taking place. Due to wine imports being banned, wine is primarily consumed through illegal channels and private imports. Owing to stricter action against ...
Strategy Briefing
Recreation, Entertainment and Arts in Asia Pacific
May 2018
With revenue of USD293 billion in 2017, Asia Pacific is the world’s third largest region for recreation, entertainment and arts production. However, Asia Pacific is rapidly catching up with other regions, and it is forecast that over the period ...
Country Report
Baby and Child-Specific Products in Pakistan
May 2018
Natural and herbal home remedies always existed within baby and child-specific products in Pakistan. Most households still rely on traditional homemade natural remedies and solutions for baby care; however, due to rapid urbanisation and busy ...
Country Report
Bath and Shower in Pakistan
May 2018
Bar soap remains the traditional household choice for bathing needs. While urban consumers switched to using branded soap rather than unbranded alternatives, the switch to liquid and gel formats remained low. This was due to low consumer awareness of...
Country Report
Colour Cosmetics in Pakistan
May 2018
Consumers in Pakistan are familiar with colour cosmetics, which were successful with mass consumers who are aware of the basic products such as lipstick, eye liner/pencil etc. However, the sophistication of using colour cosmetics remains an upper ...
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