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SA exports 58% more tobacco products in 2009 - Minister  

Jump to full article: Business Day (za), 2010-04-09

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One thing you can say for global economic crises, they do increase people's smoking habits. Exports from South Africa of tobacco products leapt by 58% during last year, according to figures given in Parliament by the Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies .

Giving a written reply to a Parliamentary question from Cecilia Kotsi of the Congress of the People, the minister noted that exports generally declined in 2009 because of the crisis, but it also seems likely from his reply that exports of booze were also up

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