Market Share
Lao Tobacco Limited (LTL), the operation of LTL is considered to be fully integrated from seeds to manufactured cigarettes – it owns a leaf processing facility, a modern cigarette factory that opened in September 2004, sales and marketing departments. LTL employs around 630 people, coming mostly from the local community. LTL holds a majority of the cigarette market in Laos. The company’s most popular cigarette brand is A Deng.
Lao-China Good Luck Tobacco Company Limited or Hongtha, was established in 1992. The company has a systematic sales network in Lao PDR and exports products to South Korea and African countries. Annual output for this company is estimated at 200,000 cigarette cases. The company is the manufacturer of the popular local brand, Dok Mai Daeng.