Company "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) - Company British-American Tobacco - Ukraine »was charged in Georgia that it violates the trade regime.
In the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine received a statement of that fact, and after that the economic department of Ukraine has put forward a claim to the WTO.
As a result, the Georgian government was forced to legislate equal rates of excise duty, both for imports of tobacco products, and for those that are produced in the country. Georgian tobacco companies have responded to the novelty sharply negative.
Director of the Georgian company Best Tobacco, whose product is a line of cigarettes MT, Super, «Kolkhi", "Chibuhi", "Prima", noted that the increase in excise tax for the domestic Georgian products means loss and reduction of production.
The head of the company "Georgian Tobacco", which is a manufacturer of cigarettes "Pirveli", "Daniel", "Entertainer" and "Insklap, believes that the increase in excise tax is automatically hit cheap cigarettes. Prices for tobacco products will start from 1.5 lari per pack. Local production will be under threat of closure.
General Director of OGT believes that at the moment at low rates of excise duty on local tobacco smuggling is minimized. Increase in excise tax will generate a wave of illegal shipments, which, in turn, negatively affect the flow of funds in the budget.
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