Peru

The different members of tobacco in Peru faced different fortunes in 2023. In cigarettes, the illicit market remained a serious threat that continued to undermine progress in a persistent trend. Peru’s economic and social crises are diverting…

In 2023, smokeless tobacco, e-vapour products and heated tobacco recorded rapid and robust rises in Peru, benefitting from trends that left other industry categories untouched. E-vapour products maintained extremely growth in terms of both volume and…

Cigars, cigarillos and smoking tobacco overall saw double-digit dips in both volume and current value sales terms in 2023. Cigars and fine cut tobacco suffered reduced consumption as a result of economic stress, which also led to low levels of…

Cigarettes in Peru continued to suffer from persistent illegal trade in 2023. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the advance of the illicit market - essentially composed of smuggling – has been relentless, with illicit trade in 2023…