[Intl-tobacco] JTI Ukraine's output rocketed nearly 79 per cent in April

[Robert Weissman]

UKRAINE
 JTI Ukraine's output rocketed nearly 79 per cent in April - JTI

 Thursday, May 15, 2003

 According to the association of Ukrainian tobacco manufacturers
Ukrtutun ('Ukrainian Tobacco'), JT International Ukraine
 showed nearly 79 per cent production growth in April compared to the
same month of 2002 and produced roughly 800 million
 cigarettes. Aggregate 2.75 billion sticks were made over the first four
months, 41.4 per cent up from a year ago. The results are
 especially remarkable, as at the beginning of the year saw a decline in
the performance of the company which was unexpectedly
 outstripped by a comparative newcomer in the market, Liggett-Ducat
Ukraine. April was also marked by the launching of a new
 version of the Camel family, Camel Superlights, at JTI's facility in
the city of Kremenchug. (vt)

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