Jul 17, Kathmandu - Surya Nepal Pvt. Ltd., a multinational corporation that is ruling Nepal by one umbrella, has traded cigarettes worth around Rs 29 billion. Last year, in 2024, the industry traded cigarettes worth Rs 28.818 billion of various brands.

In 2023, Surya Nepal had a cigarette business worth Rs 28.99 billion. In 2022, the industry had a cigarette business worth Rs 27 billion, and in 2021, the industry had a cigarette business worth Rs 24.49 billion.

In 2020, the industry's cigarette business was Rs 24.47 billion. Similarly, in 2019, it had a business of Rs 25.137 billion and in 2018, it had a business of Rs 24.22 billion.

Surya Nepal, which has a cigarette business of about 29 billion rupees, has been giving dividends to shareholders.

Surya Nepal has not made a dividend announcement public for the last two years. In 2022, Surya Nepal had declared a dividend of 10.433 billion rupees. In 2021, it had given a dividend of 9.41 billion rupees. Similarly, in 2020, the industry had given a dividend of 9.85 billion rupees and in 2019, it had given a dividend of 9.13 billion rupees.