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Altadis buys 20% of Morocco's Regie des Tabacs 

Jump to full article: Business In Africa (za), 2006-08-02

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The Franco-Spanish tobacco group Altadis said on Tuesday that it has bought the 20 percent of Morocco's Regie des Tabacs du Maroc (RTM) it did not already own for €370mn (about $470mn).

The decision to buy the stake from the Moroccan state came after Rabat extended RTM's monopoly on the wholesale import and distribution of tobacco through 2010.

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