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{{Short description|South Korean company}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = Korea Tobacco & Ginseng Corporation
| native_name = 한국담배인삼공사
| native_name_lang = ko
| logo = KT&G Logo.svg
| image = 
| image_caption = 
| type = [[Public company|Public]]
| traded_as = {{kse|033780}}
| genre = 
| predecessor = Korea Monopoly Corporation
| foundation = {{start date and age|1989|4}}
| founder = 
| location_city = [[Daejeon]]
| location_country = [[South Korea]]
| locations = 
| key_people = Bok-In Baek <small>([[President (corporate title)|President]] & [[Chief Executive Officer|CEO]])</small><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/people.asp?privcapId=2456724|title=KT&G Corporation: CEO and Executives|website=www.bloomberg.com|access-date=2018-03-12}}</ref>
| area_served = Worldwide
| industry = [[Tobacco industry|Tobacco]], [[Pharmaceutical industry|pharmaceuticals]]
| products = [[Cigarettes]], [[ginseng]]
| production = 
| revenue = {{increase}} [[US Dollars|USD]] 3.9 billion <small>(2018)</small><ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=http://pulsenews.co.kr/view.php?year=2018&no=75464|title=KT&G rakes in record-high global sales of $979 mn in 2017|website=pulsenews.co.kr|language=en|access-date=2018-03-12}}</ref>
| operating_income = {{decrease}} [[US Dollars|USD]] 1.07 billion <small>(2018)</small><ref name="auto"/>
| assets = [[US Dollars|USD]] 10.1 billion <small>(2018)</small><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/quote/033780:KS|title=033780:Korea SE Stock Quote - KT&G Corp|website=Bloomberg.com|access-date=2018-03-12}}</ref>
| equity = 
| num_employees = 
| parent = 
| slogan = 
| divisions = 
| subsid = [[Korea Ginseng Corporation]],<br />Yungjin Pharm,<br /> Tri Sakti Purwosari Makmur PT, <br /> Tae-A Industry Co., Ltd., <br /> Somang Cosmetics Co., Ltd., <br /> JR CR-REIT IV Co., Ltd., <br /> Kt&g Pars, <br /> KT&G USA, Inc., <br /> Yebon Nongwon Agriculture Co., Ltd., <br />Renzoluc Pte., Ltd, <br /> Korea Ginseng (HK) Ltd., <br /> Youngjin Pharm. Co., Ltd, <br /> KT&G Tutun Mamulleri Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.Ş.
| homepage = {{URL|en.ktng.com/}}
| footnotes = <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=2456724|title=KT&G Corporation: Private Company Information|website=www.bloomberg.com|access-date=2018-03-12}}</ref><ref name="history">{{Cite web|url=http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/kt-g-corporation-history/|title=History of KT&G Corporation|website=www.fundinguniverse.com|language=en|access-date=2018-03-12}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kgcus.com/our-story|title=Our Story, Cheong Kwan Jang's Ginseng, best ginseng - Korea Ginseng Corp|website=www.kgcus.com|language=en|access-date=2018-03-12}}</ref>
}}
{{Infobox korean name
|hangul = 한국담배인삼공사
|hanja = 韓國담배人蔘公社
|rr = Hanguk Dambae Insam Gongsa
|mr = Hanguk Tampae Insam Kongsa
}}

'''KT&G''' (originally "'''Korea Tobacco & Ginseng'''" and later "'''Korea Tomorrow & Global Corporation'''", {{kse|033780}}) is the leading [[tobacco]] company in [[South Korea]] with annual sales over US$4 billion. KT&G was originally a [[government of South Korea|government]]-owned [[monopoly]] but was privatized and today is publicly traded, competing for [[market share]] with other international tobacco firms such as [[Philip Morris International]], [[British American Tobacco]], and [[Japan Tobacco]].<ref name="history" /> KT&G's sales volume share was 62% of the Korean market in 2009.<ref name="euromonitor">{{cite web| url=  http://www.euromonitor.com/Tobacco_in_South_Korea| title= Tobacco in South Korea| publisher= euromonitor| date= Aug 2010| access-date =2 Jan 2011}}</ref>

KT&G produces popular Korean [[cigarette]] brands such as: The One, Indigo, Arirang, This, This Plus, Zest, [[Esse (cigarette)|Esse]], [[Raison (cigarette)|Raison]], and Lo Crux. It has been expanded outside Korea, especially through its superslims brand Esse in [[Russia]] and other [[eastern Europe]]an markets.

KT&G also owns significant subsidiaries such as [[Korea Ginseng Corporation]], Yungjin Pharm (a pharmaceuticals company), and several bio ventures. Its headquarters are in [[Daejeon]].

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Official website|http://www.ktng.com/}}

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Korea Tobacco and Ginseng Corporation}}
[[Category:1989 establishments in South Korea]]
[[Category:2002 initial public offerings]]
[[Category:Food and drink companies of South Korea]]
[[Category:Tobacco companies of South Korea]]
[[Category:Companies listed on the Korea Exchange]]
[[Category:Chaebol]]
[[Category:Companies based in Daejeon]]
[[Category:Manufacturing companies established in 1989]]

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[[Category:Government-owned companies of South Korea]]