煙草在線據股票雜談報道編譯　　擁有Drum、Horizon、JPS和Peter Stuyvesant等卷煙品牌的國際煙草集團——帝國煙草集團在新西蘭的子公司帝國煙草新西蘭公司報告，其年銷售額增長了16%，為國庫帶來了大約2.49億新元的稅收。

　　根據位于惠靈頓的帝國煙草新西蘭公司提交給公司管理辦公室的經營結果，在截止2011年9月30日的年度中，公司的利潤從一年前的1697萬美元增長到2140萬美元。銷售額從一年前的2.978億美元增長到3.45億美元。

　　在新西蘭煙草產品銷售額的增長，意味著帝國煙草公司繳納的稅收比上年增加了19%。煙草給政府帶來的資金，要比政府從最大的國有企業——子午線能源公司獲得的報酬多，子午線能源公司去年支付的普通股息為1.63億美元。

　　稅收是煙草公司最大的費用，占帝國煙草公司最近一年總收入的72%。帝國煙草公司還繳納了930萬新元的稅款。

　　帝國煙草公司的賬目顯示，制造卷煙和煙草產品的原材料成本增長了8.3%，達到2620萬美元，工資增長了7.8%，達到1480萬美元。

　　新西蘭的煙草市場由三大公司，即英美煙草公司、帝國煙草公司和菲莫公司支配。英美煙草公司最大，擁有包括金邊臣、登喜路、自由、假日、建牌、好彩、波邁、樂富門等煙草品牌，帝國煙草公司就利潤而言排在第二位，而菲莫生產的卷煙品牌有萬寶路。

　　地平線（Horizon）是帝國煙草公司在新西蘭最暢銷的品牌。

Imperial Tobacco NZ sales up by 16%

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Feb 21, 2012

　　Imperial Tobacco New Zealand, the local unit of the global group with brands including Drum, Horizon, JPS and Peter Stuyvesant, posted a 16 percent increase in annual sales, generating about $249 million for the government coffers from duties.

　　Profit rose to $21.4 million in the year ended Sept. 30, from $16.97 million a year earlier, according to the Wellington-based company's results posted with the Companies Office. Sales rose to $345 million from $297.8 million a year earlier.

　　Growth in sales of tobacco products in New Zealand meant Imperial Tobacco paid 19 percent more in duty than it did a year earlier. Tobacco generates more funds for the government than it gets in payments from its largest state-owned enterprise, Meridian Energy, which paid $163 million in ordinary dividends last year.

　　Duty is the biggest cost for tobacco companies, amounting to 72 percent of Imperial Tobacco's revenue in its latest year. The company also paid $9.3 million in tax.

　　Raw material costs to make its cigarettes and tobacco products rose 8.3 percent to $26.2 million, its accounts show and wages gained 7.8 percent to $14.8 million.

　　According to the ASH website, New Zealand's tobacco market is dominated by three companies - British American Tobacco, the largest with brands including Benson & Hedges, Dunhill, Freedom, Holiday, Kent, Lucky Strike, Pall Mall, Rothmans; Imperial Tobacco, second in terms of profit and Philip Morris, which makes Marlboro.

　　Horizon is Imperial's biggest-selling brand in New Zealand, ASH says.