煙草在線據City A.M.(英國)媒體報道編譯　　英國未完稅煙草的消費近年來首次增長，因為自2010年初以來卷煙稅收增長了150%。

　　據英國稅務海關總署稱，在2012/13年度，英國未完稅的自卷煙煙草數量已經上升到驚人的48%，而相應的卷煙數字已攀升至16%。

　　英國未完稅煙草很大一部分的增長是由于黑市活動的興起。

　　研究還發現了假冒手卷煙煙草日益嚴重的問題。2012年，日煙國際在公司進行的煙包交易調查中收集的英國未完稅的假冒手卷煙煙草增長了10%。

　　此外，在2012年的測試購買活動中，在52包非法琥珀色煙葉包中，41包被發現是假冒煙葉產品。英國執法機構稱假冒手卷煙煙草在興起。

　　“最近有單獨進口假冒包裝的生手卷煙煙草的趨勢。這樣做是為了試圖逃避執法機構的檢查，”“有組織犯罪工作組”于2013年6月表示。

　　黑市走私者仍有很強的動力進行走私，因為稅收占到了英國一包卷煙價格的90%，而接近1000萬的成年人仍然選擇吸煙。

　　由于歐盟的煙草產品指令，黑市活動的范圍可能進一步擴張。這些措施，禁止香味煙，如薄荷煙，以及某些包裝類型的產品，如那些10支裝卷煙。

　　自卷煙包裝的規格也將限制為不少于30克。然而，在2013年出售的自卷煙中只有8%的超過了即將出臺的最小包裝規格。另一方面，10只裝卷煙占到了去年所有交易的38%。

　　煙草業擔心對一些最受歡迎的煙草產品進行限制，將導致非法走私的另一個高潮，損害合法零售商的利益。總共45%的市場將受到煙草產品指令的影響。

UK: Black Market Cigarettes on the Rise after 150 Per cent Tax Increase Since 2010

　　The consumption of non UK duty paid tobacco (NUKDP) is showing its first increase in recent years as cigarettes have faced a 150 per cent tax rise since the start of 2010.

　　The amount NUKPD of roll your own (RYO) tobacco has risen to a staggering 48 per cent, while the figure for stick cigarettes has climbed to 16 per cent for the year 2012/13, according to HMRC.

　　A significant proportion of the increase in NUKDP tobacco has been due to the rise of black market activity.

　　Research has also found a growing problem with counterfeit hand rolled tobacco (HRT). In 2012, counterfeit HRT made up 10 per cent of NUKPD packs collected by Japan Tobacco International (JTI) in the company's pack swaps survey.

　　Furthermore, 41 out 52 of illegal Amber Leaf packs bought in a test purchase exercise in 2012, were found to be counterfeit. UK law enforcement has commented on the rise of fake HRT.

　　"More recently there has been a trend towards importing raw HRT independently of counterfeit packaging. This is done in order to try and evade law enforcement agencies", said the Organised Crime Task force in June 2013.

　　Incentives for black market smugglers remain incredibly strong, with tax making up 90 per cent of the price of a packet of UK cigarettes and close to 10m adults still choosing to smoke.

　　The scope for black market activity may increase further still as a result of the EU tobacco products directive. The measures ban flavoured cigarettes, such as menthols, as well as certain pack types like those which contain only 10 cigarettes.

　　The size of RYO packaging will also be restricted to minimum of 30 grams. However, only eight per cent of RYO packs sold in 2013 were above the soon to be minimum pack size. 10 packs on the other hand, accounted for 38 per cent of all transactions last year.

　　The industry fears that the restrictions of some of the most popular tobacco products will lead to yet another upsurge in illegal smuggling, undermining legitimate retailers. In total 45 per cent of the market is set to be impacted by the Tobacco products directive. Enditem