OREANDA-NEWS. August 12, 2011. Japan Tobacco Inc. (JT) (TSE: 2914) announced today a preliminary report of the company's Japanese domestic cigarette sales results for July 2011.

(figures are rounded off)

 

Fiscal year ended March 2011

Fiscal year ending March 2012

 

July 2010

April 2010

July 2011

April 2011

 

 

-July 2010

-July 2011

Sales Volume*

12.8

48.8

12.4

30.8

(Billions of cigarettes)

(-6.5%)

(-7.5%)

(-3.0%)

(-36.8%)

Japanese Domestic Cigarette

52.0

197.8

68.9

169.0

Net Sales Excluding Tax

(-6.6%)

(-7.6%)

(32.4%)

(-14.6%)

(Billions of yen)

 

 

 

 

( ): net change in comparison to the same period in the previous year

* Market share was 62.1% for July 2011 and 47.4% for April-July 2011. For the full year ended March 2011, market share was 64.1%.

The above figures are preliminarily reported on a management basis.