Azerbaijan’s Tax Minister: Production and sale of vodka has grown 3-fold on average

12:10 - 10.10.2018


October 10, Fineko/abc.az. The Azerbaijani Ministry of Taxes is actively fighting against the illegal circulation of excisable goods.

Tax Minister Mikayil Jabbarov has stated that excise posts have been organized in 30 large manufacturing enterprises of excisable goods from 1 August.

"Facts of production of goods under a different name, the use of fake excise stamps and the sale of goods without excise stamps were prevented. As a result, production and internal turnover of vodka versus the 2017 same term increased in August and September by three times on average," the minister said.

He added that as a result of the measures taken to prevent the sale of non-excisable tobacco products, the share of smuggled goods in the market decreased from 19% to 3%. The cost of tobacco products compensated in favor of the state exceeded AZN 13 million. As a result of the withdrawal of illegally imported cigarettes from the sale, there is activity of local production that increased by 75% compared to the 2017 same period.

 

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