Annual domestic output first exceeded one million units in 1988.

Last year, cigar imports exceeded 300 million units for the first time in half a decade.

Total 1998 sales were expected to exceed 250,000 units.

By 1970 annual production had exceeded 20,000 units with over 146,000 units working in the country.

Annual production exceeded 75,000 units by 1985 and reached 140,000 in 1990 when the total in use was about 1.2 million.

Sales of the brand exceeded 5 billion units in 1937.

The single has since gone gold for sales exceeding 500,000 units.

It has since been certified platinum for sales exceeding 30,000 units.

Four months after release the sales have already exceeded 200,000 units.

Cumulative sales of the first three generations exceeded 2.8 million units around the world.