Japan Tobacco : Japanese Domestic Cigarette Sales Results for May 2019 (Preliminary Report)
June 19, 2019 at 02:04 am EDT
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tokyo, June 19, 2019
Japanese Domestic Cigarette Sales Results for May 2019
(Preliminary Report)
Japan Tobacco Inc. (JT) (TSE: 2914) announced today a preliminary report of the Company's Japanese domestic cigarette sales results for May 2019.
(figures are rounded off)
2018
2019
May
Jan. - May
May
Jan. - May
JT Cigarette Sales
7.1
33.4
6.6
31.1
Volume*
（-12.8%）
（-14.2%）
（-7.4%）
（-6.7%）
(Billions of cigarettes)
Japanese Domestic
42.8
199.4
42.6
200.4
Cigarette Revenue
（-12.4%）
（-13.8%）
（-0.6%）
（0.5%）
(Billions of Yen)
( ): net change in comparison to the same period in the previous year
JT's market shares were as follows:
61.9% for May 2019
61.7% for January - May 2019
61.8% for January- December 2018
The above figures are preliminarily reported on a management basis.
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Japan Tobacco Inc. is a leading international tobacco company with operations in more than 130 countries. With over 63,000 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 tobacco vapor products under the Ploom brand and various e-cigarette products under the Logic brand. The Group is also present in the pharmaceutical and processed food businesses. For more information, visit https://www.jt.com/.
Contacts:
Masahito Shirasu, General Manager
Yukari Mizuno, Associate Manager
Media and Investor Relations Division
Japan Tobacco Inc.
Tokyo: +81-3-5572-4292
E-mail: jt.media.relations@jt.com
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Japan Tobacco Inc. specializes in manufacturing and marketing of tobacco products. The group's products include primarily cigarettes, cigars, chewing and snuff tobaccos. Net sales break down by activity as follows:
- sale of tobacco products overseas (66%): 460 billion products sold in 2021, under the brands Winston, Camel, Silk Cut, Sobranie, Glamour, etc.;
- sale of tobacco products in Japan (24.1%): 67 billion products sold under the brands Cabin Prestige, Seven Stars, Pianissimo, Mild Seven, etc.;
- distribution of food products (6.3%);
- development of pharmaceutical products (3.5%): primarily for dyslipidemia, osteoporosis and Hepatitis C treatment;
- other (0.1%).
68.5% of net sales are abroad.
JAPAN TOBACCO, INC. 
