An international company executive pointed out that up to 73 percent of the Philippines’ tobacco consumption in the Philippines are smuggled. | JMangaluzINQ
Van Dooren explained that the tobacco industry generated P176 billion in excise tax in 2021. However, tax collection declined when a higher excise tax was implemented in 2022.
Van Dooren says smuggling primarily comes from Indonesia, Vietnam, and India. While they were declared in the port of those countries, the smuggled goods were seized by Bureau of Customs officials when they arrived in the Philippines, as they are not registered under the Bureau of Internal Revenue’s branding list.“Records show that daily consumption of smuggled cigarettes alarmingly increased in 2021 versus 2022, from 12.1 cigarettes per day to 12.
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