Cigarette production projected to decrease by 3.3 percent in 2021

Cigarette production projected to decrease by 3.3 percent in 2021 2nd February 2021 Workers finished cigarette production at a cigarette plant in Kudus District, Central Java. ANTARA/Akhmad Nazaruddin Lathif/sh Based on our assumption, cigarette production in 2021 will decline by 2.2 to 3.3 percent. Jakarta (ANTARA) - Cigarette production is estimated to decline by 3.3 percent in 2021 after the government raised the excise rate on tobacco products by 12.5 percent, effective since February 1. "Based on our assumption, cigarette production in 2021 will decline by 2.2 to 3.3 percent," Sarno, head of the excise sub-unit of the Fiscal Policy Agency (BKF) of the Finance Ministry, stated during a webinar organized by the Tobacco Control Support Center of the Indonesian Public Health Association here on Tuesday.