Taiwan Tobacco and Liquor Corporation
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| State-owned | |
| Industry | Tobacco and liquor production |
| Founded | 1945 (as Taiwan Provincial Monopoly Bureau) July 1, 2002 (renamed as Taiwan Tobacco and Liquor Corporation) |
| Headquarters | Taipei, Taiwan |
| Products | Tobacco and liquor |
| Website | en.ttl.com.tw/ |
| Taiwan Tobacco and Liquor Corporation | |||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 臺灣菸酒公司 | ||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 台湾烟酒公司 | ||||||||||
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Táiwān Yānjiǔ Gōngsī |
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| Hokkien POJ | Tâi-oân Ian-chiú Kong-si |
Taiwan Tobacco and Liquor Corporation (TTL) is a state-owned manufacturer and distributor of cigarettes and alcohol in Taiwan. Its most famous product is Taiwan Beer. Other products include wine, Japanese-style liqueurs, Chinese herb liqueurs, and various distilled spirits.
TTL was established as a government agency during Japanese colonial rule and was renamed the Taiwan Tobacco and Wine Monopoly Bureau (菸酒公賣局) in 1947. Between 1947 and 1968 the Bureau exercised a monopoly over all alcohol, tobacco, and camphor products sold in Taiwan. It retained tobacco and alcohol monopolies until Taiwan's entry into the WTO in 2002.
TTL sponsors a semi-professional basketball team, the Taiwan Beer of Super Basketball League.
The company today known as TTL had its origins in a government agency established by Taiwan's Japanese rulers in 1901. The Monopoly Bureau of the Taiwan Governor's Office (臺灣總督府專賣局) was responsible for all liquor and tobacco products in Taiwan as well as opium, salt, and camphor. The Bureau began brewing Takasago Beer in 1922 through the Takasago Malted Beer Company (founded in 1919). Light and dark varieties were offered, though the price of Takasago Beer varied widely over the course of its manufacture depending on the availability of imported Japanese beers and the contingencies of the economy. As World War II reached its conclusion in the 1940s matches, petroleum and standard weights and measures also came under the Monopoly Bureau's authority.
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