The Director General of the Regie Libanaise Des Tabacs Et Tombacs (Regie) Engineer Nassif Seklaoui stated during the annual dinner of Regie held on Tuesday at Phoenicia Hotel in Beirut that Regie is currently manufacturing 12 global brands, and will sign in the near future two agreements with Japan Tobacco International and British American Tobacco to manufacture their products at its factory.
In this regard, Eng. Seklaoui stated that after signing these agreements, Regie’s production will increase by25% to reach 650 million cigarettes per months, adding that the revenues of the sector will increase to reach 441 million dollars in 2017, after being 212 million dollars in 2007.
The annual dinner was attended by General Assad Toufaili, President of the Higher Customs Council, Mr. George Maarawi, Director General of Land
Registry and Cadastre, Mrs. Lamia Moubayed Bissat, the Director of the Institut des Finances Basil Fuleihan, Engineers Georges Hobeika and Mazen Abboud, Dr. Issam Salman, a number of officials from the Ministry of Finance, representatives of foreign tobacco companies, heads of marketing departments and representatives of parties that work with Regie.
Seklaoui
In his speech, Eng. Seklaoui noted that Regie accomplished “great