The black market of cigarettes rose slightly in November 2018, to 15.4pct of total consumption, by 0.1 percentage points more than in September 2018, according to a Novel Research survey.
The annual average illicit cigarette trade in 2018 is 16.3pct, up from 16pct as it was in 2017.
According to the survey, the northeastern region saw in November 2018 rising smuggling by 7.6 percentage points (pp.) from September, reaching 41.1pct.
“A significant 4.9 pp negative rise is also registered in the south-west, where the previous survey noted the most significant decrease. On the other hand, in the Bucharest area there is a consistent …read more
Source: Agerpres
