煙草在線據《煙業通訊》報道編譯　　據日本煙草公司在8月10日公布的初步數據顯示，該公司2012年7月的國內卷煙銷量為102億支，比2011年同期的125億支下降了18.5%，而2011年7月的國內卷煙銷量則比2010年同期的下降了3.0%。

　　2012年4月至7月的四個月中，日本煙草的國內卷煙銷量為395億支，比2011年同期的309億支增加了28%，而2011年4月至7月的國內卷煙銷量則比2010年同期的下降了36.8%。

　　日本煙草在2012年4月至7月的市場份額為59.4%，而截至到2012年3月底的全年的市場份額則為54.9%。

　　日本煙草的國內卷煙銷量在近期大幅波動，這是因為在2010年10月1日主要因煙稅推動而使卷煙價格史無前例的上漲，以及去年3月11日日本地震和海嘯后對公司的生產和分銷業務造成了大規模的中斷所造成的。

　　日本煙草2012年7月的國內卷煙收入為559億日元，比2011年同期的689億日元下降了18.8%，而2011年7月的國內卷煙收入則比2010年同期的增長了32.4%。

　　2012年4月至7月的國內卷煙收入為2177億日元，比2011年同期的1690億日元增長了28.8%，而2011年4月至7月的國內卷煙收入則比2010年同期的下降了14.6%。

JT's Volume Down in July

　　Japan Tobacco Inc's domestic cigarette sales volume during July, at 10.2 billion, was down by 18.5 per cent on its July 2011 volume, 12.5 billion, which itself was down by 3.0 per cent on that of July 2010, according to preliminary figures issued by the company today.

　　Volume during the four months, April-July, at 39.5 billion, was up by 28.0 per cent on its April-July 2011 volume, 30.9 billion, which itself was down by 36.8 per cent on that of April-July 2010.

　　JT's market share for April-July 2012 was 59.4 per cent, against 54.9 per cent for the full year to the end of March.

　　JT has suffered some huge volume swings in recent times because of an unprecedented, mainly tax-driven price hike on October 1, 2010, and the massive disruption caused to the company's manufacturing and distribution operations following the earthquake and tsunami of March 11 last year.

　　JT's domestic cigarette revenue during July, at ￥55.9 billion, was down by 18.8 per cent on its July 2011 revenue, ￥68.9 billion, which itself was up by 32.4 per cent on that of July 2010.

　　Revenue during April-July, at ￥217.7 billion, was up by 28.8 per cent on its revenue during April-July 2011, ￥169.0 billion, which itself was down by 14.6 per cent on that of April-July 2010. Enditem