TIRANA, Sept 6 /ATA/ During the period January-July of this year, 1542 tons of cigarettes were cleared through customs.
Customs directorate reported that in the first 7 months of this year, an average of 220 tons of cigarettes per month were cleared through customs.
According to the data from the customs directorate, this 7 month period saw about 100 tons of cigarettes more than in the same period of a year ago when 1447 tons of cigarettes were cleared through customs.
Revenues in excise collections, according to the GDC, marked an increase of ALL 4.2 billion which is attributed to the increase of fuel imports by ALL 2.4 billion, the increase of imports of cigarettes by ALL 1.4 billion and beer by about 111 million ALL.
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