Manufacture of tobacco products. Steam Tobacco Production Index May 2021/2020 reached 95.9%, in January-May 2021 - 107.2%.
In absolute terms, the tobacco industry produced 20.9 billion cigarettes in May 2021. Paired May 2021/2020 cigarette production remained practically the same: -0.3%.
Manufacturers of industrially manufactured tobacco and its substitutes produced 1.2 thousand tons of tobacco. Paired May 2021/2020 tobacco production decreased by 56.6%.
From 1 sq. By 2021, the growth rate of production between cigarettes and tobacco has changed a lot. Tobacco production in the May / April 2021 pair fell 38%, while cigarette production maintained a modest + 0.4% growth.
Steam production January-May 2021/2020: cigarettes added 8% growth, while tobacco went down 5.1%. @agrorisk