Bad news for smokers, cigarette price to rise

The cigarette excise will increase at least 11 to 2021, as a condition Albania must meet under EU integration. According to reports the Albanian government has made at the European Commission, the excise rate for 1,000 cigarettes is 44 euros, but until 2021 taxation [...]
The cigarette excise will increase at least 11 to 2021, as a condition Albania must meet under EU integration.
According to the report the Albanian government has made at the European Commission the excise rate for 1,000 cigarettes is 44 euros, but by 2021 the excise taxation will amount to 48.9 euros per 1,000 cigarettes, with an increase of 11 % from the current level, Monitor reports.
Since 2016, Albania has been taxing 18 euros for kilograms of tobacco produced in the country in an effort to edit informality in local production of this product. /panpsy/











