The past few days have seen unofficial spikes in Cigarette prices With an increase of 100%, the unofficial price of Cleopatra and Cleopatra Boxes reached 45 pounds, the unofficial price of LM cigarettes was about 55 pounds, Marlboro 60 pounds, and Merritt 69 pounds.
Cigarette prices to the consumer
Through televised statements by Hani Aman, Managing Director and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Eastern Tobacco Company, he denied a new increase in cigarette prices.
Hani Aman said: The cigarette sector did not raise prices, adding that prices are the same and we sell to merchants at the same official price everywhere in Egypt.
At the same time, the Consumer Protection Agency sent text messages to citizens congratulating them on the blessed Eid Al-Adha.
The company’s board of directors approved the new price list for the consumer price on the first of April, as the Eastern Company raised the prices of all its products including cigarettes, cigars, honey, pipe smoke and hair.
Cigarette prices today
The head of the Eastern Company for Tobacco said: The cigarette sector did not raise prices, and the prices are as they are, and we sell to merchants at the same official price everywhere in Egypt.
Aman explained that the price of a pack of Cleopatra cigarettes and all types is 25 pounds, pointing out that there is a black market for cigarettes, and the price of a pack has reached 40 pounds.
Hani Aman, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Eastern Tobacco Company, added that at this time of each year, merchants expect a rise in cigarette prices, and therefore they raised prices in anticipation of any rise, and this is not normal.
Official cigarette prices
The increase for cigarettes ranged between two pounds to three pounds per pack, after the last increase that was approved in April 2023.
The price of (box 10) is 15 pounds.
Cleopatra king size 23 pounds.
Cleopatra Soft Queen 24 pounds.
Boston/Blument 24 pounds, Cleopatra Box (white/colour) 24 pounds.
Cleopatra Super to 24 pounds, Mondial (red / blue / silver) 24 pounds.
Mondial Switch (Mentol/Blueberry) 24 pounds.
Cleopatra Black 24 pounds, and Matossian Super 24 pounds.
2023-07-02 15:00:00
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