ITC resumes cigarette manufacturing, distribution after over a month

After a hiatus of over a month, ITC has resumed cigarette production and distribution, which is expected to ease the shortage of cigarettes in the market.
 

The category leader in the country, ITC has a market share of 77 per cent in cigarettes.
 

It is learnt that ITC has five cigarette manufacturing plants across Kolkata, Munger, Saharanpur, Ranjangaon and Bangalore. Just after the lockdown, ITC had decided to focus solely on manufacturing of essential items like foods, personal hygiene and sanitation products while it stopped rolling out cigarettes, which is part of its non-essential portfolio.

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