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Cigarette Smuggling In Romania Down To 12%, From 36% In 2009 – Official

Cigarette smuggling to Romania has dropped to 12% in May 2011, from 36.2% in 2009, following the efforts of the Customs authority, Prosecutor's office, National Anticorruption Department, cigarette producers and the press, Sorin Blejnar, head of tax authority ANAF, said Wednesday.
Cigarette Smuggling In Romania Down To 12%, From 36% In 2009 - Official
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06 iul. 2011, 14:14, English

Blejnar said each percentage point in the figures he mentioned is worth around EUR30 million, meaning tax evasion through cigarette smuggling amounts to EUR360 million this year.

He added that, in the first six months of the year, the state’s revenue from excise duties on cigarettes totaled 3.6 billion lei (EUR856 million), from RON2.3 billion in the first half of 2010.