China Tobacco International (HK) Company Limited provided group financial guidance for the six months ending 30 June 2024. For the period, the Group expected to record an increase in revenue of not less than 10%, and an increase in profit attributable to the owners of the Company of not less than 30%, as compared to the same period in 2023. The expected increase in revenue of the Group and profit attributable to the owners of the Company for the Period as compared to the same period in 2023 is primarily attributable to the following reasons: (1) the Group actively seized the opportunity of the continuous recovery of consumer traffic in duty-free outlets after the pandemic, further optimised the cigarette product portfolio, and increased the proportion of proprietary business, resulting in a significant increase in the revenue and gross profit of the Group's cigarettes export business; (2) affected by the seasonality fluctuations in tobacco leaves, the import volume of tobacco leaf products during the Period increased as compared to the same period of last year, coupled with the increase in the overall unit sale price of imported tobacco leaf products during the Period as compared to the same period of last year, resulting in an increase in the revenue and gross profit of the Group's tobacco leaf products import business; and (3) the Group actively sourced supplies of marketable tobacco leaves, and optimised the pricing policies, resulting in an increase in the revenue and gross profit of the Group's tobacco leaf products export business.