Private company

National Tobacco and Matches Authority

The National Tobacco and Matches Authority (Arabic: الوكالة الوطنية للتبغ والوقيد) is a Tunisian public company with a monopoly on the manufacture and marketing of tobacco and matches in Tunisia, as well as playing cards and hunting gunpowder. Created in 1891 under the French protectorate, it became a national company in 1964. It then merged with the Kairouan tobacco factory created in 1981.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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Régie nationale des tabacs et des allumettes photo 1 الوكالة الوطنية للتبغ والوقيد
Photo: Sami Mlouhi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons3

The National Tobacco and Matches Authority (Arabic: الوكالة الوطنية للتبغ والوقيد) is a Tunisian public company with a monopoly on the manufacture and marketing of tobacco and matches in Tunisia, as well as playing cards and hunting gunpowder.2

Timeline

  1. 1891Founded Founded1

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