Abul Khair Tobacco is the most trusted name in the tobacco industry of Bangladesh. We have been in the industry since 1953 and have been exporting the best quality tobacco in many countries of the world. Tobacco was the mother business of Abul Khair Group. The tobacco division is divided into two parts. One is tobacco growing & processing for domestic use & export in various countries and the other is cigarette manufacturing & selling to the domestic market. In 1998 Abul Khair Tobacco started its cigarette manufacturing and selling business. At domestic market Abul Khair tobacco is in a leading position in low segment cigarette brand. Our History 60 Years of AKT Abul Khair’s 1953 opening of a handmade tobacco product named 42-No Abul bidi. 1998 Abul Khair introduced their ready-made cigarettes and started selling tobacco. 2009 Abul Khair becomes nationally number one selling cigarette. Volume reaches 1.00 billion 2012 National cigarette sales reach 2.00 billion. Second largest company in Bangladesh in terms of volume. History of Tobacco In Bangladesh flue cured tobacco growing was started from 1968 on experimental basis in Kushtia district in North West part of Bangladesh. After 6 years of extensive field work & grower’s participation Bangladesh achieved self sufficiency of tobacco in terms of Volume. Subsequently tobacco growing extended to the other areas in Bangladesh. Now there are four major tobacco growing areas in Bangladesh, these are Kushtia, Chittagong, Rangpur and Manikgonj. Leaf Operations Abul Khair Leaf operations activities are spread in all the leaf growing areas of the Bangladesh. We have a contractual farmer base for tobacco cultivation of about 20,000 farmers, growing tobacco in about 45,000 acres & produce 25 million kg’s of tobacco. Our field force strength is about 250 people. We have a capacity of warehouse about 35 million kg’s of tobacco in the various locations. Green Leaf Thrashing Facilities
