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Paraguay: BAT to set up tobacco plant in Paraguay 

Jump to full article: NewsEdge, 2000-07-04

Intro:

The English tobacco company, British American Tobacco (BAT) will invest US$7mil to build a plant in Paraguay designed to supply this market and the Andean countries, Bolivia, Peru and Ecuador, according to sources in the sector.

The business would employ more than 200 people directly and would produce around 1.8 million cigarettes per year.

This decision is linked to tax incentives and low duties on capital investment in the country.

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