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
- HeadquartersTunis1
- Websitewww.rnta.tn
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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
- 1891Founded Founded1
Links
- Websitewww.rnta.tn1
- WikipediaNational Tobacco and Matches Authority (Tunisia)
- WikidataQ3455003
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