World Tobacco Product Market to Grow 2.1% annually from 2015 to 2019

Global demand for tobacco products is forecast to expand 2.1% p.a. between 2015 and 2019. China, Japan, Jordan, Poland and the United States are considered the highest potential markets in the coming years. 

According to recently published research conducted by a leading international market research company, Global Research & Data Services, the expansion of the global tobacco product industry is forecast to reach 2.1% p.a. in the coming years. Between 2008 and 2014 the market increased with an average annual growth of 6.9%. 

Currently, cigarettes account for 71.0% of the global demand while the remaining market share is divided between cigars, cigarillos and cheroots (6.9%), cigarettes, cigars, cigarillos and cheroots with tobacco substitutes (0.3%), reconstituted or homogenized tobacco (3.2%), smoking tobacco (14.0%) and other tobacco products (4.6%).

China, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States represent the largest tobacco product markets while the strongest annual growth is forecast to occur in Jordan (9.6%), Pakistan (8.9%), Poland (8.5%), Bolivia (7.7%) and India (5.8%).

Based on in-house analysis and an advanced model which takes into consideration the actual market size, trends, forecast market growth, and changes in the market environment, Global Research and Data Services calculates the Market Potential Rates, the predicted market potential of the country in the coming years. The larger the Market Potential Rate, the more potential the market has in the coming years; and conversely, the smaller the rate, the less potential the market is considered to have in the future. Based on these Market Potential Rates, the top 20 highest potential tobacco product markets in the coming years are: