Table 5.

The changing role of TTCs and Paraguayan companies

Year	Total cigarette imports from all trade partners worldwide, as reported by PGY and exporters, respectively (billion sticks) (1)	Local cigarette production (billion sticks) (2)	Total cigarette supply (billion sticks) (3) = (1) + (2)	Share of Paraguayan production in total cigarette supply in Paraguay (%) (4) = (2)/(3)
1989	1.6–0.4	0.3	1.9–0.7	15.8–42.9
1990	1.7–1.4	0.8	2.5–2.2	32–36.4
1991	3.8–4.9	2.2	6–7.1	36.7–31
1992	3.6–7.6	1.5	5.1–9.1	29.4–16.5
1993	3.5–13.2	2.7	6.2–15.9	43.5–17
1994	8.6–16	3.7	12.3–19.7	30.1–18.8
1995	21.8–21.2	4.3	26.1–25.5	16.5–16.9
1996	32.3–19.4	5.8	38.1–25.1	15.2–23.1
1997	35.3–26.2	7.7	43.0–33.9	17.9–22.7
1998	33.9–33.2	12.4	46.3–45.6	26.8–27.2
1999	15.9–10.4	9.4	25.3–19.8	37.2–47.5
2000	9.9–7.8	18.0	27.9–25.8	64.5–69.8
2001	5.9–5.4	28.4	34.3–33.8	82.8–84
2002	4.7–4.5	23.1	27.8–27.6	83.1–83.7
2003	3.7–2.4	26.8	30.5–29.2	87.9–91.8

Sources:Reported cigarette imports: UN Comtrade

Estimated cigarette production: See Appendix for methodology