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Table 2 Cigarette trade between Paraguay and Tabesa’s named markets overseas (2001–2016). Source: UN Comtrade, using Iglesias et al. [48] conversion (1 kg = 956.4 cigarettes)

From: “We think globally”: the rise of Paraguay’s Tabacalera del Este as a threat to global tobacco control

Trade partners

Cigarette exports reported by Paraguay

Cigarette imports reported by trade partner

Discrepancies (exports - imports)

Aruba

12,283,231,698

9,134,807,849

3,148,423,849

Curaçao

1,405,225,130

0

1,405,225,130

Netherlands Antilles

481,190,663

0

481,190,663

Spain

386,069,988

126,320,356

259,749,632

US

2,278,224,181

2,140,187,926

138,036,255

Romania

177,520,273

55,297,135

122,223,138

Netherlands

111,413,905

0

111,413,905

UAE

76,915,601

27,680,129

49,235,472

Switzerland

23,633,600

766,076

22,867,524

Bulgaria

0

0

0

Mongolia

15,072,864

24,031,463

-8,958,599