Chinese to Smoke Cigarettes from Prilep

Production of two cigarette brands for the Chinese market will start in two weeks, announced the head of tobacco company Tutunski kombinat Prilep, Aleksandar Dermendziev. The Macedonian company signed an agreement with Chinese company Konge-Konge in July. This is very good news for the Macedonian tobacco industry. "We expect to increase the production by three times. We have already received orders for 20,000 bags, which is some 200 tons. In this way,the use of capacities, which is at 20 percent now, will increase," Dermendziev said. He also revealed that a container with cigarettes has already been sent to the UAE. Export of cigarettes to this country is expected to grow.