Newly Added Tobacco Manufacturing Enterprises License Notice

Aug.06.2022

50+ tobacco production companies added to official registry by China's tobacco monopoly on August 6th.

On August 6th, the website of the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration announced that over 50 tobacco production companies had been issued licenses. Among them were companies such as McWILL, BYD Electronics, Hanqingda, and Caco Queen, who had previously announced their successful certification through their official media accounts.

For a detailed list of companies, please refer to the table below. If any omissions are found, please contact 2FIRSTS staff.

The data was obtained from the State Tobacco Monopoly Bureau and aggregated by 2FIRSTS.

For more information regarding the issuance of tobacco monopoly licenses, please click on the summary topic for the issuance of tobacco production enterprise licenses.

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