Cigarette Factory to Be Built in China
From Reuters
British American Tobacco will build a $1.5-billion cigarette factory in China with a local partner, the only foreign firm to win such approval in the world’s biggest cigarette market, the company said.
The factory will produce 100 billion cigarettes a year, or about 5% of the Chinese market.
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