烟草在线据股票杂谈报道编译　　拥有Drum、Horizon、JPS和Peter Stuyvesant等卷烟品牌的国际烟草集团——帝国烟草集团在新西兰的子公司帝国烟草新西兰公司报告，其年销售额增长了16%，为国库带来了大约2.49亿新元的税收。

　　根据位于惠灵顿的帝国烟草新西兰公司提交给公司管理办公室的经营结果，在截止2011年9月30日的年度中，公司的利润从一年前的1697万美元增长到2140万美元。销售额从一年前的2.978亿美元增长到3.45亿美元。

　　在新西兰烟草产品销售额的增长，意味着帝国烟草公司缴纳的税收比上年增加了19%。烟草给政府带来的资金，要比政府从最大的国有企业——子午线能源公司获得的报酬多，子午线能源公司去年支付的普通股息为1.63亿美元。

　　税收是烟草公司最大的费用，占帝国烟草公司最近一年总收入的72%。帝国烟草公司还缴纳了930万新元的税款。

　　帝国烟草公司的账目显示，制造卷烟和烟草产品的原材料成本增长了8.3%，达到2620万美元，工资增长了7.8%，达到1480万美元。

　　新西兰的烟草市场由三大公司，即英美烟草公司、帝国烟草公司和菲莫公司支配。英美烟草公司最大，拥有包括金边臣、登喜路、自由、假日、建牌、好彩、波迈、乐富门等烟草品牌，帝国烟草公司就利润而言排在第二位，而菲莫生产的卷烟品牌有万宝路。

　　地平线（Horizon）是帝国烟草公司在新西兰最畅销的品牌。

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.