In 2017, the volume of illicit trade in tobacco products stood at about 1.5 billion pieces of cigarettes, nearly twice the figure for the year 2016. This is evidenced by data monitoring company TNS Ukraine, which was Valentine Khomenko, Director General of the Ukrainian Association of tobacco producers "Ukrtûtûn" in an interview with "voice of Ukraine". According to her, the budget nedootrimav more than 1.2 billion excise and other taxes and fees. According to the monitoring of products without Ukrainian excise stamps which are not paid to the budget of any of the hryvnia is over 90% of the total amount of illegal cigarettes. Moreover, the tendency to further growth of the illegal cigarette ... [Read more]