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Illegal cigarette trade falls sharply in Bulgaria

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The Bulgarian Association of Tobacco Industry announced that it would initiate a national information campaign against illegal trade with tobacco products. The campaign is held in partnership with the Bulgarian Ministry of Interior, the Bulgarian National Customs Agency and the Center for the Study of Democracy. According to data of the Institute for Market Economics, the share of illegal trade with cigarettes in Bulgaria has seen a sharp decrease from 30.7% in 2010 to 6.8% in 2017. In Romania for instance, the illicit tobacco market share was at 16%-18%.




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