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USA's Philip Morris opens tobacco plant in southern Kazakh region 

Jump to full article: Brown & Williamson Industry Watch, 2000-05-20
Author: Source: BBC Monitoring Former Soviet Union - Economic / Publication date: 2000-05-20

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The US company Philip Morris opened a tobacco manufacturing plant in Ili district of Almaty Region, southern Kazakhstan, on 19th May, Kazakh Khabar TV reported the same day. Speaking at the plant's opening ceremony, Kazakh Prime Minister Kasymzhomart Tokayev said that "the government values Philip Morris as an accurate tax payer and supports its programme of developing tobacco production".

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