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Smuggled cigarettes seizures double in Lithuania this year
BC, Vilnius, 16.10.2020.
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Print versionSome 13.1 mln packs of contraband tobacco products, worth over 46.4 mln euros in total, were seized in Lithuania in January-September 2020, compared with 6.8 mln packs in the full year 2019, according to figures from the Customs Department writes LETA/BNS.
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Moe than nine tenths of the contraband cigarettes were made in Belarus.
Around 59 % of all smuggled cigarettes were detained on the border with Belarus, 15% on the border with Poland, and 26% inside Lithuania.
Large hauls of smuggled cigarettes containing a thousand boxes or more are often busted, the department noted.
An empty pack survey by Nielsen has shown that smuggled cigarettes currently account for around 19.3% of Lithuania's tobacco product market.
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