代表的な銘柄である「マイルドセブン」は現在の１箱３００円から４１０円に、「セブンスター」が３００から４４０円になる。政府の増税幅は１箱あたり７０円（１本３・５円）だが、「大幅な需要減少が見込まれる中、メーカーとしてのコスト削減だけではカバーしきれない」（木村宏社長）として、増税幅以上の値上げに踏み切る。
一方、同社が同日発表した２０１０年３月期連結決算は、本業のもうけを示す営業利益が前期比１８・５％減の２９６５億円となった。健康志向の高まりなどで、国内たばこ販売が約５％減少したのが響いた。
売上高は同１０・２％減の６兆１３４６億円。国内外のたばこ販売が減少したほか、飲料など食品事業も価格競争の激化で苦戦した。経常利益は１７・０％減の２５５３億円、最終利益は特別損失の大幅な減少が寄与して１２・２％増の１３８４億円だった。
１１年３月期の業績見通しは、売上高が２・５％減の５兆９８００億円、営業利益は０・５％減の２９５０億円。増税に伴い、国内たばこ販売が１６％減少すると予想しているためだ。(MSN産経ニュースサイトより引用→http://bit.ly/dngzxB )
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Japan Tobacco (JT) on June 28, with the cigarette tax hike in October, compared to 110 yen from October 1 to the current retail price per pack of cigarettes - said it would raise 140 yen. The target of 103 shares of 105 stocks. Held a retail price to the Treasury Department revised application for approval.
Is a typical brand "Mild Seven" is a box of 300 yen to 410 yen now, "Seven Stars" would be 440-300 yen. 70 yen range of government taxes per carton, but "decline in demand is expected to significantly reduce costs as the only manufacturer not cover" (Kimura Hiroshi president) as a tax increase width over the price hike.
The fiscal year ended March 2010 announced by the company, operating profit rose 18.5 percent core business shows a profit of 2965 billion yen, down. And growing health consciousness in about 5% of the domestic tobacco sales were echoed reduced.
Billion yen as sales of 10.2 percent 1346, down 06 trillion. Cigarette sales also decreased domestic and foreign price competition also had trouble with food and beverage business. 2553 billion yen and ordinary income decreased 17.0%, net profit was contributed to a significant reduction of 1384 billion yen in extraordinary losses increased 12.2 percent.
Forecasts of the fiscal year ending March 11, a 2.5 percent sales down 05 trillion 980 billion yen, operating income was 29.5 billion yen, down 0.5 percent. With the tax increase of 16 percent for domestic tobacco sales are expected to decline. (from MSN Sankei news site http://bit.ly/dngzxB )
