• Monday, 20 December 2021

    Tobacco tender boycott, take two?

    Three major tobacco companies have reportedly chosen not to bid for a license to manufacture cigarettes: International tobacco producers JTI-Nakhla Tobacco, British American Tobacco Egypt and Al Mansour International Distribution Company will not be taking part in the renewed tender...
  • Tuesday, 7 December 2021

    Tobacco tender is back on

    Bringing a new tobacco competitor into the market, take three: The Industrial Development Authority (IDA) has relaunched a tender for a license to manufacture cigarettes, potentially ending the historical monopoly by state-owned Eastern Company, Masrawy reports. The license would allow...
  • Tuesday, 3 August 2021

    Smoke drama

    Here’s why tobacco companies are still unhappy with the recently-amended terms of the license to set up Egypt’s second tobacco company: JTI-Nakhla Tobacco, British American Tobacco Egypt and Al Mansour International Distribution Company filed two separate letters — copies of...
  • Thursday, 3 June 2021

    The tobacco license tender may be back on again

    Revised terms for the license to establish Egypt’s second major tobacco company have been handed to four local tobacco companies, according to a document seen by Reuters. The conditions booklet for the tender — which is set to end Eastern...
  • Monday, 29 March 2021

    The latest on Eastern Co.

    New, more competitive terms for the license to establish Egypt’s second major tobacco company could be introduced after several tobacco players filed a formal complaint with the Federation of Egyptian Industries’ tobacco division. The complaint looks to scrap the conditions...
  • Wednesday, 24 March 2021

    Are things getting ugly in the tobacco industry?

    The tender for a license to establish Egypt’s second major tobacco company could face an antitrust probe after several tobacco players filed a formal complaint with the Egyptian Competition Authority (ECA) on the sale conditions, Masrawy reports, citing unnamed sources...

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