"Philip Morris Ukraine", one of the largest tobacco companies in Ukraine, announced the beginning of the export of products of the Kharkov Tobacco Factory to Saudi Arabia and Albania.

According to the company's press release, for these countries the Ukrainian enterprise will produce more than 10 assortment items.

The Kharkov Tobacco Factory produces more than 150 assortment items of finished products, which, in addition to Ukraine and two new markets, are also supplied to Armenia, Georgia, Moldova and Japan.

"Today, the tobacco factory" Philip Morris Ukraine "in Kharkov is a full-fledged export production hub of the company for the markets of the EEMA region (countries of Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Africa). More than 40% of cigarettes produced at the factory are supplied to foreign markets, "- cited in the message, Deputy General Director Igor Krishko.

According to him, the Kharkov factory also produces exported tobacco for Egypt and filters for other production centers in the regions of EEMA and the EU.

As reported, Philip Morris International Inc. In 2016 increased the shipment of cigarettes in Ukraine by 14.7% compared with 2015 - up to 22.014 billion pcs..

Philip Morris International - one of the world's largest manufacturers of tobacco products. It produces cigarettes in more than 50 factories and sells them in 180 countries.

In Ukraine the company has been working for more than 20 years. Produces products at a factory in the Kharkov region.