The Cluj-based retailer is among the 30 largest companies controlled by Romanian entrepreneurs, according to ZF’s ranking.
“The positive trend of Punctual Comimpex business in 2021 is because of the 7.7% increase in the price of cigarettes and 9.7% increase in the quantity of cigarettes sold. Since 2020, a trend of diversification in the consumption of tobacco products, the so-called “tobacco-related products”, has been observed among consumers, especially among young people, and this trend increased in 2021″, Vasile Muresan, manager of Punctual Comimpex, told ZF Transilvania.
Its suppliers are Romanian cigarette manufacturers and importers (BAT, JTI, Philip Morris, Imperial Tobacco, HTS Hongta, KTI), and the customers are mainly from the rural areas in the company’s own distribution area.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)