ROMANIA
According to the National Institute of Statistics, exports of tobacco products in 2017 accounted for 42% of Romania’s total exports of food, beverages, and tobacco, and about 6% of total exports of consumer goods.
The total value of raw and processed tobacco exports in 2017, was €730.5 million, four times the amount of exports of various food products. About 60% of that volume was exported by British American Tobacco (BAT), the largest player in the tobacco market in Romania, manufactured in Ploiesti.
“The British American Tobacco plant in Ploiesti has doubled production capacity in recent years, with the increase in volumes being for export,” said Ileana Dumitru, legal director and public relations director at BAT “Currently over 60% of the cigarettes produced in Ploiesti go to 45 other countries around the world, including Russia, Japan , Brazil, Italy, the United Kingdom, and Denmark The capacity to invest in the development of the plant depends on the existence of a predictable economic climate in Romania.”