Cigarette Market Price Monitoring in Bangladesh
In Bangladesh, while most products adhere to maximum retail price (MRP), tobacco products break this norm, being sold at prices higher than the MRP. This practice not only undermines consumer protection but also results in significant revenue losses for the government. Research by the Bureau of Economic Research (BER), the University of Dhaka, in collaboration with the Bangladesh Network for Tobacco Tax Policy (BNTTP), has uncovered that cigarette companies evade nearly 5,000 crore BDT annually through these illegal pricing practices. To address this issue, BNTTP has launched a monthly market monitoring initiative, shedding light on the prevalence of such violations and their broader implications. This data is for research purposes only.
Monthly Monitoring Data
Price Monitoring (Cigarette) (9 January 2025-June 2025)_Field Visit 21 January 2025
Price Monitoring (Cigarette) (2024-2025)_Field Visit 27 October 2024
Annual Research Report