FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tokyo, August 13, 2021
JT Receives Approval to Amend Retail Prices of Tobacco Products in Japan
in Response to a Planned Excise Tax Increase
Japan Tobacco Inc. (JT) (TSE:2914) today announces that it has received approval from the Ministry of Finance for its application dated July 30, 2021 to amend retail prices of its Japanese tobacco products.
The new retail prices will be effective on October 1, 2021 for a total of 173 products, including 127 cigarette products, 18 cigarillo products, three pipe tobacco products, three cut tobacco products, 22 snuff tobacco products.
JT will strive to continue to improve the quality of its products and services, to exceed the expectations of its consumers.
The retail price amendments are already included in the 2021 consolidated forecast announced on July 30, 2021.
Cigarettes | Unit: JPY | |
Representative Products | Current Price | New Price |
Natural American Spirit (20) | 570 | 600 |
Seven Stars and Peace (20) | 560 | 600 |
MEVIUS | 540 | 580 |
Pianissimo | 540 | 570 |
Winston (CASTER and CABIN) | 500 | 540 |
Camel | 450 | 460 |
Cigarillos | Unit: JPY | |
Representative Products | Current Price | New Price |
Camel Cigars | 400 | 500 |
Wakaba Cigars | 410 | 500 |
Echo Cigars | 400 | 500 |
Camel Cigars (Slim) | 380 | 490 |
- In Japan, under the Tobacco Business Act, list prices for any tobacco products must be approved by the Ministry of Finance. Retailers are permitted to sell tobacco products only at list prices approved by the Minister of Finance.
- Details of the retail price amendment are shown in the Appendix.
- This document has been prepared for the purpose of providing fair information to investors.
It is not for the purpose of promoting sales to customers or promoting smoking.
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Japan Tobacco Inc. is a leading international tobacco company with operations in more than 130 countries. With approximately 58,000 employees, it manufactures and sells some of the world's best-known brands including Winston, Camel, MEVIUS and LD. The JT Group is committed to investing in Reduced-Risk Products (RRP) and currently markets its heated tobacco products under its Ploom brand and various e-cigarette products under its Logic brand. The Group is also present in the pharmaceutical and processed food businesses. For more information, visit https://www.jt.com/.
Contacts: | Dinesh Babu Thotakura, General Manager |
Momoko Kanno, Associate Manager | |
Media and Investor Relations Division | |
Japan Tobacco Inc. | |
Tokyo: +81-3-6636-2914 | |
E-mail: jt.media.relations@jt.com |
(Appendix)
Details of the retail price amendments
No. | Category | Name | Current | New | Number of units / | ||||||||||||
Price | Price | weight per pack | |||||||||||||||
1 | Cigarettes | Mevius | 540 | 580 | 20 | ||||||||||||
2 | Cigarettes | Mevius Box | 540 | 580 | 20 | ||||||||||||
3 | Cigarettes | Mevius 100's Box | 540 | 580 | 20 | ||||||||||||
4 | Cigarettes | Mevius Lights | 540 | 580 | 20 | ||||||||||||
5 | Cigarettes | Mevius Lights Box | 540 | 580 | 20 | ||||||||||||
6 | Cigarettes | Mevius Lights 100's Box | 540 | 580 | 20 | ||||||||||||
7 | Cigarettes | Mevius Super Lights | 540 | 580 | 20 | ||||||||||||
8 | Cigarettes | Mevius Super Lights Box | 540 | 580 | 20 | ||||||||||||
9 | Cigarettes | Mevius Super Lights 100's Box | 540 | 580 | 20 | ||||||||||||
10 | Cigarettes | Mevius Extra Lights | 540 | 580 | 20 | ||||||||||||
11 | Cigarettes | Mevius Extra Lights Box | 540 | 580 | 20 | ||||||||||||
12 | Cigarettes | Mevius Extra Lights 100's Box | 540 | 580 | 20 | ||||||||||||
13 | Cigarettes | Mevius One | 540 | 580 | 20 | ||||||||||||
14 | Cigarettes | Mevius One Box | 540 | 580 | 20 | ||||||||||||
15 | Cigarettes | Mevius One 100's Box | 540 | 580 | 20 | ||||||||||||
16 | Cigarettes | Mevius 100's Slim Box | 500 | 530 | 20 | ||||||||||||
17 | Cigarettes | Mevius Super Lights 100's Slim Box | 500 | 530 | 20 | ||||||||||||
18 | Cigarettes | Mevius One 100's Slim Box | 500 | 530 | 20 | ||||||||||||
19 | Cigarettes | Mevius Gold 6 | 540 | 580 | 20 | ||||||||||||
20 | Cigarettes | Mevius Gold One 100's | 540 | 580 | 20 | ||||||||||||
21 | Cigarettes | Mevius Gold Impact One 100's | 540 | 580 | 20 | ||||||||||||
22 | Cigarettes | Mevius Gold Impact 6 100's Slim | 500 | 530 | 20 | ||||||||||||
23 | Cigarettes | Mevius Gold Impact One 100's Slim | 500 | 530 | 20 | ||||||||||||
24 | Cigarettes | Mevius Premium Menthol FROZEN 8 | 540 | 580 | 20 | ||||||||||||
25 | Cigarettes | Mevius Premium Menthol FROZEN 5 | 540 | 580 | 20 | ||||||||||||
26 | Cigarettes | Mevius Premium Menthol FROZEN One | 540 | 580 | 20 | ||||||||||||
27 | Cigarettes | Mevius Premium Menthol FROZEN One 100's | 540 | 580 | 20 | ||||||||||||
28 | Cigarettes | Mevius Premium Menthol Option Purple 8 | 540 | 580 | 20 | ||||||||||||
29 | Cigarettes | Mevius Premium Menthol Option Purple 5 | 540 | 580 | 20 | ||||||||||||
30 | Cigarettes | Mevius Premium Menthol Option Purple One 100's | 540 | 580 | 20 | ||||||||||||
31 | Cigarettes | Mevius Premium Menthol Option Purple 5 100's Slim | 500 | 530 | 20 | ||||||||||||
32 | Cigarettes | Mevius Premium Menthol Option Purple One 100's Slim | 500 | 530 | 20 | ||||||||||||
33 | Cigarettes | Mevius Premium Menthol Option Yellow 8 | 540 | 580 | 20 | ||||||||||||
34 | Cigarettes | Mevius Premium Menthol Option Yellow 5 | 540 | 580 | 20 | ||||||||||||
No. | Category | Name | Current | New | Number of units / | ||||||||||||
Price | Price | weight per pack | |||||||||||||||
35 | Cigarettes | Mevius Premium Menthol Option Yellow One 100's | 540 | 580 | 20 | ||||||||||||
36 | Cigarettes | Mevius Premium Menthol Option Red 8 | 540 | 580 | 20 | ||||||||||||
37 | Cigarettes | Mevius Premium Menthol Option Red 5 | 540 | 580 | 20 | ||||||||||||
38 | Cigarettes | Mevius Premium Menthol Option Red One 100's | 540 | 580 | 20 | ||||||||||||
39 | Cigarettes | Mevius Premium Menthol Option Muscat Green 5 100's Slim | 500 | 530 | 20 | ||||||||||||
40 | Cigarettes | Mevius Premium Menthol Option Muscat Green One 100's Slim | 500 | 530 | 20 | ||||||||||||
41 | Cigarettes | Mevius LBS Yellow 5 | 540 | 580 | 20 | ||||||||||||
42 | Cigarettes | Mevius Premium Menthol Tablet Ice Mocha 5 | 540 | 580 | 20 | ||||||||||||
43 | Cigarettes | Mevius Premium Menthol Tablet Straight Mint 5 | 540 | 580 | 20 | ||||||||||||
44 | Cigarettes | Seven Stars | 560 | 600 | 20 | ||||||||||||
45 | Cigarettes | Seven Stars Box | 560 | 600 | 20 | ||||||||||||
46 | Cigarettes | Seven Stars 10 Box | 560 | 600 | 20 | ||||||||||||
47 | Cigarettes | Seven Stars 7 Box | 560 | 600 | 20 | ||||||||||||
48 | Cigarettes | Seven Stars 4 | 560 | 600 | 20 | ||||||||||||
49 | Cigarettes | Seven Stars Menthol 12 Box | 560 | 600 | 20 | ||||||||||||
50 | Cigarettes | Seven Stars Menthol 5 Box | 560 | 600 | 20 | ||||||||||||
51 | Cigarettes | Winston Caster White 5 | 500 | 540 | 20 | ||||||||||||
52 | Cigarettes | Winston Caster White 5 Box | 500 | 540 | 20 | ||||||||||||
53 | Cigarettes | Winston Caster White 3 | 500 | 540 | 20 | ||||||||||||
54 | Cigarettes | Winston Caster White 3 Box | 500 | 540 | 20 | ||||||||||||
55 | Cigarettes | Winston Caster White One Box | 500 | 540 | 20 | ||||||||||||
56 | Cigarettes | Winston Caster White One 100's Box | 500 | 540 | 20 | ||||||||||||
57 | Cigarettes | Winston Cabin Red 8 Box | 500 | 540 | 20 | ||||||||||||
58 | Cigarettes | Winston Cabin Red 8 100's Box | 500 | 540 | 20 | ||||||||||||
59 | Cigarettes | Winston Cabin Red 5 Box | 500 | 540 | 20 | ||||||||||||
60 | Cigarettes | Winston Cabin Red 2 Box | 500 | 540 | 20 | ||||||||||||
61 | Cigarettes | Winston Cabin Red One 100's Box | 500 | 540 | 20 | ||||||||||||
62 | Cigarettes | Winston Compact Blue 6 Box (18) | 430 | 450 | 18 | ||||||||||||
63 | Cigarettes | Winston Compact Blue 3 Box (18) | 430 | 450 | 18 | ||||||||||||
64 | Cigarettes | Winston Compact Blue One Box (18) | 430 | 450 | 18 | ||||||||||||
65 | Cigarettes | Winston Inazma Menthol 8 Box | 500 | 530 | 20 | ||||||||||||
66 | Cigarettes | Winston Inazma Menthol One 100's Box | 500 | 530 | 20 | ||||||||||||
67 | Cigarettes | Winston Sparkling Menthol 5 Box | 500 | 530 | 20 | ||||||||||||
68 | Cigarettes | Winston Sparkling Menthol One 100's Box | 500 | 530 | 20 | ||||||||||||
69 | Cigarettes | Winston | 500 | 530 | 20 | ||||||||||||
70 | Cigarettes | Caster Premium Vanilla 5 Box | 540 | 580 | 20 | ||||||||||||
No. | Category | Name | Current | New | Number of units / | ||||||||||||
Price | Price | weight per pack | |||||||||||||||
71 | Cigarettes | Hope (10) | 280 | 300 | 10 | ||||||||||||
72 | Cigarettes | Hope Lights | 280 | 300 | 10 | ||||||||||||
73 | Cigarettes | Hope Super Lights | 280 | 300 | 10 | ||||||||||||
74 | Cigarettes | Hope Menthol | 280 | 300 | 10 | ||||||||||||
75 | Cigarettes | Peace (50) | 1400 | 1500 | 50 | ||||||||||||
76 | Cigarettes | Peace (10) | 280 | 300 | 10 | ||||||||||||
77 | Cigarettes | Peace (20) | 560 | 600 | 20 | ||||||||||||
78 | Cigarettes | Peace Lights Box | 560 | 600 | 20 | ||||||||||||
79 | Cigarettes | Peace Super Lights Box | 560 | 600 | 20 | ||||||||||||
80 | Cigarettes | Peace Aroma Royal 100's Box | 600 | 640 | 20 | ||||||||||||
81 | Cigarettes | Peace Aroma Crown 100's Box | 600 | 640 | 20 | ||||||||||||
82 | Cigarettes | Peace Aroma Infinity | 590 | 630 | 20 | ||||||||||||
83 | Cigarettes | Camel Box | 450 | 460 | 20 | ||||||||||||
84 | Cigarettes | Camel Lights Box | 450 | 460 | 20 | ||||||||||||
85 | Cigarettes | Camel Lights Box*1 | 450 | 460 | 20 | ||||||||||||
86 | Cigarettes | Camel One 100's Box | 450 | 460 | 20 | ||||||||||||
87 | Cigarettes | Camel Menthol Box | 450 | 460 | 20 | ||||||||||||
88 | Cigarettes | Camel Menthol Lights Box | 450 | 460 | 20 | ||||||||||||
89 | Cigarettes | Camel Menthol One 100's Box | 450 | 460 | 20 | ||||||||||||
90 | Cigarettes | Camel Menthol Berry Capsule Box | 450 | 460 | 20 | ||||||||||||
91 | Cigarettes | Camel Menthol Berry Capsule Lights Box | 450 | 460 | 20 | ||||||||||||
92 | Cigarettes | Salem Lights Box | 540 | 570 | 20 | ||||||||||||
93 | Cigarettes | Natural American Spirit Organic Leaf Turquoise | 570 | 600 | 20 | ||||||||||||
94 | Cigarettes | Natural American Spirit Organic Leaf Gold | 570 | 600 | 20 | ||||||||||||
95 | Cigarettes | Natural American Spirit Organic Leaf One | 570 | 600 | 20 | ||||||||||||
96 | Cigarettes | Natural American Spirit Perique Box | 570 | 600 | 20 | ||||||||||||
97 | Cigarettes | Natural American Spirit Organic Mint (14) | 400 | 420 | 14 | ||||||||||||
98 | Cigarettes | Natural American Spirit Organic Mint Light (14) | 400 | 420 | 14 | ||||||||||||
99 | Cigarettes | Natural American Spirit Organic Mint Ultra Light (14) | 400 | 420 | 14 | ||||||||||||
100 | Cigarettes | Natural American Spirit Organic Mint One (14) | 400 | 420 | 14 | ||||||||||||
101 | Cigarettes | Natural American Spirit Light | 570 | 600 | 20 | ||||||||||||
102 | Cigarettes | Natural American Spirit Ultra Light | 570 | 600 | 20 | ||||||||||||
103 | Cigarettes | Pianissimo Aria Menthol | 540 | 570 | 20 | ||||||||||||
104 | Cigarettes | Pianissimo Pétil Menthol | 540 | 570 | 20 | ||||||||||||
105 | Cigarettes | Pianissimo Fram Menthol | 540 | 570 | 20 | ||||||||||||
106 | Cigarettes | Pianissimo Lucia Menthol | 540 | 570 | 20 | ||||||||||||
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