Tobacco Pouch Market

Tobacco Pouch Market: Overview

Tobacco pouch is a dedicated pouch used to hold Tobacco. Tobacco pouch is generally made up of leather and of sealskin. But common tobacco pouch is made up of plastic, paperboards, paper-boxes, metal cans, jute bags, foils, laminates, etc.

Tobacco pouch industry includes wrapping of dried tobacco leaves for items like cigarettes, cigars, smokeless tobacco, and raw tobacco. The bundling improves and ensures the quality and kind of the item from crumbling and fragrance transmission during transportation.

Tobacco Pouch: Dynamics

Rising urbanization and the expanded prominence of cigarettes among the youth are the key elements driving the development of the market. Besides, Stressful lives, alongside expanded responsibility and rushed timetable, are likewise boosting the utilization of tobacco among the functioning populace.

Nicotine present in tobacco goes about as an energizer and upper and assists customers in adapting to day-by-day challenges. Item curiosities like the presentation of super-thin and demi-thin cigarettes designated at ladies, Roll-Your-Own-Cigarettes (RYOC), added substance-free and small cigarette variations, luxury cigarettes are further upgrading the interest for tobacco consumer.

 Also, different item and plan developments, for example, restricted release packs, bent edge packs and slide opening packs which are dispatched to impart and draw in light of a legitimate concern for the buyers are additionally projected to drive the worldwide market altogether.

Essentially, adaptable bundling is likewise acquiring a foothold as a tobacco bundling material because of its further developed hindrance properties and cost-viability. Looking forward, the distributor expects the worldwide tobacco bundling business sector to show moderate development during the upcoming years.

With the rise in advertisement or cigarette manufacturer such as Marlboro, ITC etc. and consumption of cigarettes by the celebrities the market is likey to grow as the youth gets evolved with the product and found it fascinating which leads to larger market share of tobacco product hence require more tobacco pouch to carry for transportation and consumption.

Mondi Group acquire 100% share in Flute group (a holding of Nord packaging and container holding of US)

Competitive Landscape

The key players are in the tobacco pouch market:

• Amcor Limited (Austria)
• Innovia Films (UK)
• Siegwerk Druckfarben AG & Co. KGaA (Germany)
• Sonoco (US)
• Smurfit Kappa (Ireland)
• China National Tobacco corporation (China)
• ITC Limited (India)
• Phillip Morris International (US)
• WestRock Company (US)
• Reynolds Group (US)
• Oracle Packaging
• Japan Tobacco International (Japan)
• Mondi Group (England)
• Others

Tobacco Pouch: Market Drivers

The increase in consumption of tobacco products directly increases the consumption of tobacco packing pouch. Since it has been observed that increase consumption of cigarettes and tobacco products in youth, packaging is required for protecting the authenticity of product and quality to extend its shelf life.

On the other side, tobacco utilization may prompt genuine medical problems, for example, mouth disease, cellular breakdown in the lungs, and others. In this manner, administrations of different countries have forced rigid laws forced on tobacco creation, bundling, and consumption. This, combined with limitations forced on the promoting of tobacco items on any medium may challenge the market in the coming years.

Despite the increasing popularity of e-cigarettes and HTU (heated tobacco units) is likely to create growth in upcoming years.

Packing Types Available for Different Products

Paper board packaging is widely used mainly in making Cigarettes, cigars, and other products because of its lightweight property, water-resistance and cost-friendly, therefore, dominate the tobacco packaging segment. Paperboards are thick and based out of paper with properties like printability, foldability, inflexibility, and lightweight nature. It is preferred as it resists the packed tobacco from being detorted.

Metal-made box packaging is not much used as its costlier in price and usually carried as a style statement with attractive drafting over it. Metal boxes are rigid in shape, water-resistant, and do not allow flexibility which causes the cigarettes to remain in shape, preserve the essence for a long time does and prevent distortion. Mainly used to keep expensive tobacco products.

Plastic made box packaging are used to store tobacco product in rigid shape and water-resistant and pocket friendly which is in reach to more consumer as compared to the metal box.

Jute made tobacco pouches are the pouches used to carry raw tobacco product as it is not rigid in shape, not able to resist the moisture and does not keep the essence intact.

Paper pouches are mainly used to wrap the tobacco for consumption it is widely used in a large variety, flavors.

Tobacco Pouch: Development

2018: Mondi group acquires 100% shares in power- flute group a holding of Nordic Packaging and container holdings.

2019: Graphic Packaging Holding Company to Acquire AR Packaging

Tobacco Pouch: Market breakup by region

• North America
• Latin America
• Europe
• South Asia
• East Asia
• Oceania
• Middle East and Africa

Most prominent market can be North Africa, the Mediterranean Region, and part of Asia such as Kaira and Mehsana district of Gujarat (India) and later spread to other area of the country with the help of packaging. Sticks are made with paper or tobacco pouch for example hand-rolled brus etc. here because large production of tobacco requires tobacco pouch so it can be observe that market demand of tobacco is comparatively high.

COVID-19 Impact on Tobacco Pouch Market

Consumption of tobacco is considered harmful as a smoker have a higher risk of contracting corona-virus infection compared to the non-smokers as smoking may also raise the risk of COVID-19 by increasing enzymes that allow coronavirus to enter and damage lung cells according to the reports of W.H.O but The market share of tobacco pouch is effected during the pandemic as consumers was aware of the consequences of consuming the tobacco product and some of the consumers reduced the consumption to tobacco which is expected to impact the market growth Many campaigns are being designed and increased the taxation of a tobacco product by the government which affected some of the population and some withstand with the habit of consumption which directly affected the market of tobacco pouch.

Tobacco Pouch: Segmentation

• Based on material used , tobacco pouch market is segmented as

  • Paperboards
  • Paper boxes
  • Plastics
  • Jute
  • Metal
  • Others

• Based on packaging type, tobacco pouch market is segmented

  • Bulk Packaging
  • Secondary packaging
  • Primary Packaging

• Based on end-use, tobacco pouch market is segmented

  • Smoking Tobacco
  • Cigarettes
  • Cigars
  • Raw Tobacco
  • Chewing Tobacco
  • Dissolvable Tobacco
  • Others