Régie invests $8 million to double production. Lines dedicated to produce international cigarette brands

Régie Libanaise des Tabacs et Tombacs (Régie), the State-owned tobacco monopoly, will expand its Hadath factory's production capacity by 50 percent in 2018. Investment in the expansion is around $8 million.

Production capacity will reach one million boxes (500 packs per box), an increase from the current 500,000 boxes.

Régie, following an agreement with the UK-based Imperial Tobacco, is producing its international brands 'Gitanes', 'Gauloises', and 'West' in...

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