煙草在線據《煙業通訊》報道編譯　　據《越南新聞》報道，1月25日，來自有關部委和機構的100多名越南官員和代表在河內會晤，討論如何落實關于處理卷煙非法貿易的一個新的政府公告。

　　該通告對走私煙草的交易、運輸和儲存設定了嚴厲的處罰。

　　被發現企圖走私1500包至4500包卷煙的人會面臨刑事起訴，并且可能被監禁六個月至三年。

　　那些企圖走私4501包至13,500包卷煙的人面臨3至7年的監禁。

　　而那些試圖走私超過13,500包的人，可被監禁7至15年。

　　本次研討會上獲悉，Jet和英雄卷煙已被走私進入該國15年，走私卷煙的數量逐年顯著增加。

　　“這些卷煙是由印尼蘇門答臘煙草公司生產的，但印尼人很少吸，”報道說。“由于其優惠的稅收政策，卷煙被合法進口到柬埔寨，然后非法出口到越南。”

　　報道中指出，大量的走私如此猖獗，使得國內農業遭受了損失，以前受雇于煙草行業的18萬人現在失業了。

　　卷煙制造、包裝、印刷及紙箱生產都受到嚴重影響。

　　走私卷煙占越南市場的大約20%。

Vietnam Cracks down on Illicit Trade

　　One hundred Vietnamese officials and representatives from relevant ministries and agencies met on January 25 at Ha Noi to discuss how to implement a new government circular on handling the illicit trade in cigarettes, according to a story in Vietnam News.

　　The circular sets out strict penalties for trading, transporting and storing smuggled tobacco.

　　People who are found attempting to smuggle 1,500 to 4,500 packs are liable to criminal prosecution and may be imprisoned for between six months and three years.

　　Those who attempt to smuggle between 4,501 and 13,500 packs face the prospect of imprisonment for between three and seven years.

　　And those who try to smuggle more than 13,500 packs are liable to be incarcerated for seven to 15 years.

　　The seminar was told that Jet and Hero cigarettes had been smuggled into the country for 15 years and that the quantity of smuggled cigarettes had increased significantly year by year.

　　'These cigarettes are produced by Sumatra Tobacco Company in Indonesia, but are rarely used by Indonesians,' the story said. 'The cigarettes are imported legally into Cambodia due to its preferential tax policy and then exported illegally into Viet Nam.'

　　The story implied that the scale of the smuggling was such that domestic agriculture had suffered and that 180,000 people formerly employed by the tobacco sector were now unemployed.

　　Cigarette manufacturing, packaging, printing and box production had all been badly affected.

　　Smuggled cigarettes account for about 20 per cent of the Vietnamese market. Enditem