煙草在線據菲律賓星報報道編譯　　總部位于倫敦的英美煙草公司（BAT）預計今年在菲律賓的香煙銷量比決定要撤出菲律賓的2009年增加了3倍。

　　英美煙草菲律賓公司的公司法律事務處主管伯托·歐亨尼奧表示，在去年2月份在菲律賓重新推出好彩品牌后，公司預計銷量將達到1.5億支。

　　這個數量是2009年公司決定從菲律賓撤出好彩和登喜路品牌之前5000萬支銷量的三倍。

　　歐亨尼奧表示，公司期望年中在更多零售店中推出目前在7-11便利店出售的好彩品牌。

　　他補充道，英美煙草公司正在和其他的一些零售商就代理好彩品牌進行談判，這包括諸如Puregold這樣的公司。

　　歐亨尼奧提到，英美煙草公司支持眾議院通過的甲米地省（Cavite）的眾議員約瑟夫·埃米利奧提起的5727號法案，即通過采用單一稅率來改變目前煙草和酒類產品的多個稅率的特殊消費稅系統，為政府國庫增加600億比索的收入。

　　這個法案旨在通過采取統一的稅率使稅收系統更簡單，這將解決目前多個稅率的特殊的消費稅系統所帶來的問題，如煙酒產品之間不公平的稅收待遇問題。

　　該法案提出為統一香煙和蒸餾酒稅率留出三年的過渡期。而發酵酒的稅收系統將會在改革的第一年就被立即統一。

　　阿巴亞說，該法案的一個基本特征是使用國家統計辦公室設立煙酒指數對稅率進行自動調整。調整將會允許具體的稅率與通貨膨脹掛鉤，并維持來自這方面的稅收收入。

　　“這并不意味著進口產品將會更加便宜，但是意味著一切東西都將被征稅。我們只是希望競爭環境公正和公平，老品牌與新品牌之間沒有任何區別。”

　　該國的1000億支香煙市場主要由瑞士的菲利普莫里斯公司和大亨陳永栽的福川煙草公司之間的合資公司所主導。

BAT eyes 3-fold hike in PH cigarette sales

The Philippine Star
04/23/2012

　　Malaysia - London-based British American Tobacco (BAT) is looking at a three-fold increase in the number of sticks it will sell in the Philippines this year compared to 2009 when it decided to pull out of the country.

　　BAT Philippines head for corporate and regulatory affais Roberto Eugenio said the company is looking at selling 150 million sticks after relaunching the Lucky Strike brand in the Philippines last February.

　　This is three times the 50 million sticks sold in 2009 before the company decided to pull out its Lucky Strike and Dunhill brands in the Philippines.

　　Eugenio said the company is looking at launching the Lucky Strike brand that is currently being sold in 7-11 convenence stores by the middle of the year.

　　He added that BAT is currently negotiating with other retailers including Puregold to carry the Lucky Strike brand.

　　According to Eugenio, BAT is supporting House Bill 5727 Rep. Joseph Emilio Abaya of Cavite that seeks to change the current multi-rate specific structure of the excise tax on tobacco and alcohol products by adopting a unitary rate and raise additional P60 billion for the government coffers.

　　The proposal seeks to shift to a much simpler structure by adopting a unitary rate which would address problems attendant to the current multi-rate specific structure of the excise tax like unfair tax treatment between and among tobacco and alcohol products.

　　The bill proposes a three-year transition period in unifying the tax rates on cigarettes and distilled spirits. The tax structure for fermented liquor will be immediately unified on the first year of the reform.

　　An essential feature of the bill, Abaya said, is the automatic adjustment of the tax rates using the relevant National Statistics Office-established tobacco and alcohol indexes. The adjustment would allow the specific rates to track inflation and maintain the buoyancy of the revenues from this source.

　　"It doesn't mean imported products will get cheaper but it means that everything will be taxed. We just want it to be fair and level playing field and there should be no distinction between old brands and new brands," he explained.

　　The country's 100 billion stick cigarette market is dominated by the joint venture between Swiss-owned Philip Morris and Fortune Tobacco of tycoon Lucio Tan.