菲利普莫裏斯國際公司

2023年6月25日

股票華沙,波蘭作為菲律賓仍然是一個重要市場煙草巨頭菲利普莫裏斯國際公司(PMI)作為其加熱棒煙草的銷售在第一季度增長。“菲律賓是一個非常重要的市場。最高的市場之一,”PMI副總裁說內部溝通托馬索Di Giovanni第十屆全球論壇間隙尼古丁。“我們總是在菲律賓投資。從曆史上看,我們有很多菲律賓從煙草製造業的投資。我可以告訴你,菲律賓是我們的主要市場之一。“采購經理人指數(PMI)最近宣布,將投資P8.8十億在菲律賓開生產線,生產特製加熱棒的無煙煙草產品。當被問及PMI排隊更多投資菲律賓,Di Giovanni表示,該公司致力於在全球範圍內投入更多。“當然我們看全球投資更多的生產設施。現在,推測一個特定國家是我不能做的事情。 It will also depend on the trends of the industry, in general, and a number of conditions. But obviously we always look at investing, the shifting to smoke free products.” PMFTC Inc., the Philippine affiliate of PMI, brought to the Philippines its heat-not-burn device IQOS in 2020. PMFTC is a joint venture with billionaire Lucio Tan’s conglomerate LT Group. Di Giovanni said the heated tobacco sticks’ offtake share in Metro Manila grew to 2.7 percent as of the first quarter this year, up by just 1 percent in same period a year ago. The number, he said, represents the percentage of IQOS adoption out of the total nicotine consumption in Metro Manila. “It’s the percentage of use out of the total nicotine consumption in Manila, which represents Metro Manila, and up there you have the growth rate which, for Metro Manila, was 0.9 percent versus the previous measurement.” Di Giovanni said the heated tobacco units (HTU) offtake share of 2.7 percent is “a very good growth.” “The number is very powerful. For me, there’s a lot of interest.” Tunis, the capital of Tunisia, also registered a 2.7-percent HTU offtake share in the same period. Other low and middle-income markets cited by PMI include Casablanca with 2 percent; San Jose, 3.4 percent; Bogota, 4.1 percent; Cairo, 7.5 percent; Santo Domingo, 8.3 percent; Kuala Lumpur, 10 percent; West Amman, 10 percent; Belgrade, 11.1 percent; Tbilisi, 12.7 percent; Skopje, 14.2 percent; Podgorica, 15.6 percent; and Sofia, 16.1 percent. PMI said these markets, including Metro Manila, are “promising” because there is room for growth. Meanwhile, Filipino panelists for the case study workshop on Philippine Vaporized Nicotine and Non-Nicotine Products (VNNP) Regulations shared their challenges in working to pass the Vaporized Nicotine Products (VNP) bill. Department of Energy (DOE) Undersecretary Sharon Garin, co-author of the landmark legislation, said flavor descriptors that appeal to minors are prohibited. “The stance was let’s reduce the attractiveness of these products to minors. For instance, it’s prohibited to have packaging which is attractive to children, so cartoon characters are not allowed. While the flavors are not restricted, the way you can name them is, so they cannot have flavors with names such as bubble gum that might attract children. It was not easy to formulate [this legislation] but that was how we balanced it and I think all the stakeholders were quite satisfied with the outcome,” she said. Dr. Rafael Castillo, a cardiologist, said the VNP bill could bring in more revenues for the government. “I am also quite confident that with regulations and the taxation of vaporized nicotine and non-nicotine products, you could get a positive bottom line for the government. This is because the taxation of VNNPs is not like the former excise taxes for cigarettes, what we call the sin taxes,” he said. “Although the government collected something like P130 billion in excise taxes, they were spending P210 billion treating the complications of those who smoke, so the bottom line was negative. I hope with the VNNP law we can expect a more positive bottom line, with more revenues, but less government expense treating the complications caused by the use of these alternative products.”