煙草在線據《越南青年報》報道編譯　　越南煙草協會報告，由于每年大約有8億包煙草被走私進入越南，越南國家財政預算每年因此而損失的稅收達到4至4.2萬億越南盾（合1.89億至1.98億美元）。

　　10月22日，《越南青年報》引用越南煙草協會的報道說，走私煙草業給越南農民每年造成1600億至1700億越南盾（750萬至800萬美元）的損失，給越南當地煙草企業每年造成的損失達到2400億至2500億越南盾（1140萬至1180萬美元）。

　　在今年的前8個月里，越南消費的煙草超過27億包，其中，近四分之一為非法進口產品。

　　越南煙草協會在越南中央委員會舉行的一次關于走私假冒商品的會議上報告說，去年，越南人消費的煙草超過41億包，其中有9.1億包，即21.6%為走私產品。

　　據越南煙草協會說，越南反走私力量每年獲得撥款30億至90億越南盾（14.2萬至42.6萬美元），但只有大約1%的走私煙草被發現，并依法銷毀，這個比例“相當低”。

　　與此同時，越南中央委員會及市場管理部門的代表說，在與煙草走私的斗爭中存在一些問題，例如像人手不足、生活在邊境地區的人民對走私的危害意識低等等。

　　越南國家煙草公司董事會主席Vu Van Cuong說，越南國內煙草生產商能夠制造出與外國產品一樣質量的產品，但當地生產的煙草卻無法在價格上與外國煙草進行競爭。

　　根據越南法律，煙草被征收65%的特殊消費稅，以及10%的增值稅。

Vietnam Loses $198 Mln Annually to Tobacco Smuggling

　　With around 800 million packets of tobacco smuggled into Vietnam every year, the state budget loses VND4-4.2 trillion (US$189-198 million) in taxes annually, the Vietnam Tobacco Association reported.

　　Smuggled tobacco also causes losses to Vietnamese farmers, between VND160-170 billion ($7.5-8 million) a year, and local tobacco businesses, between VND240-250 billion ($11.4-11.8 million) a year, Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper quoted the association as reporting on Tuesday.

　　More than 2.7 billion packages of tobacco have been consumed in Vietnam over the first eight months this year, nearly a quarter of which were imported illegally.

　　Last year Vietnamese people consumed over 4.1 billion packages, including 910 million, or 21.6 percent, that were smuggled, the association reported at the meeting held by a central committee on smuggled and faked goods.

　　Every year, anti-smuggling forces are funded with VND3-9 billion ($142,000-426,000), but only some 1 percent of smuggled tobacco is detected and destroyed in accordance with laws, which is a "very low rate," according to the association.

　　Meanwhile, the central committee and market management division representatives said that there were problems in fighting tobacco smuggling like a dearth of personnel and the low awareness of people living in border areas about the bad effects of smuggling.

　　Vu Van Cuong, chairman of the Vietnam National Tobacco Corporation, said local producers are capable of making products with the same quality as foreign ones, but locally-produced tobacco cannot compete with them in terms of prices.

　　Under Vietnamese laws, tobacco is hit with a special consumption tax of 65 percent and a value-added tax of 10 percent. Enditem