The latest Fortune Magazine publish the world top 500 list in July.
There
are only three tobacco companies on the list, but compared with 2013, tobacco
companies ranking general decline, Imperial Tobacco is out of the world top 500
lists in two consecutive years.
PMI's
ranking was 362 in 2013, and dropped to 390 in 2014; Japan Tobacco was 459 in
2013, and dropped to 495 in 2014; BAT was 485 in 2013, dropped to 499 in 2014.
Specific rankings are as follows:
Comments:
Tobacco companies have fallen sharply in
the world top 500 list, smoking control measures and the increasing number of
people to improve health awareness in recent years, thus contributing to the
declining sales of tobacco products. In addition, the popular electronic
cigarette in 2013, also affected the tobacco company's revenue. However, this
slowdown will probably be reversed in a few years, because the current big
tobacco companies have set foot in the field of electronic cigarette, once they
expand business in electronic cigarette, revenue from electronic cigarette will
make up for tobacco business even beyond decline in part, so that the tobacco
company's earnings rise again.
