烟草在线据马来西亚《婆罗洲邮报》报道　　马来西亚烟草制造商联合会（CMTM）说，由于执法努力，2012年3月-5月，马来西亚非法卷烟的比率下降至34.7%，而去年同期为37.3%。

　　马来西亚烟草制造商联合会8月5日在一份声明中说，根据非法卷烟调查的结果，2010年这一比率甚至更高，达到39.7%。

　　“下降趋势是马来西亚皇家海关、马来西亚海事执法机构、国内贸易、合作和消费部、卫生部和马来西亚皇家警察开展的重大执法行动的积极影响的结果。”

　　“我们相信2012年的这个良好开端，也反映了政府在去年预算中没有提高卷烟消费税的决定，如果提税则可能导致消费者转向非法烟草产品。”

　　然而，这个巨大的进步正被当地品牌的一种值得警惕的新趋势所破坏，这些当地品牌以低于法定最低卷烟价格7林吉特的价格非法出售，据信，这些品牌是在印度尼西亚的巴淡岛离岸生产的。

　　马来西亚烟草制造商联合会的首席执行官Shahrul Azamin Abdullah说，非法卷烟贸易使政府每年损失20亿林吉特的烟草消费税收入。

　　“鉴于马来西亚非法卷烟的严重性，我们呼吁政府在即将到来的2013年预算中采取温和的卷烟消费税方案。”

　　他说，适度的消费税政策，结合加强的执法力度，并且对那些被抓获制造、运输和销售非法卷烟的人实行最高罚款，将是一个打击非法卷烟发生率的有效的长期战略。

Malaysia: Enforcement Efforts Reduce Illegal Cigarettes Trade

　　Illegal cigarettes incidence in Malaysia trended downwards to 34.7 per cent for March-May 2012, compared with 37.3 per cent in the same period last year, driven by enforcement efforts, said Confederation of Malaysian Tobacco Manufacturers (CMTM).

　　In a statement yesterday, CMTM said, citing the findings of its Illicit Cigarettes Survey, that incident was even higher in 2010, which reached 39.7 per cent.

　　"The downtrend is the positive impact of the significant enforcement efforts by the Royal Malaysian Customs, Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency, the Ministry of Domestic Trade, Co-operatives and Consumerism, Ministry of Health and the Royal Malaysia Police.

　　"We believe this promising start to 2012 also reflects the government’s decision of not increasing excise taxes on cigarettes during the last budget, which would have resulted in consumers switching to the illegal tobacco category."

　　However, this tremendous progress has been undermined by the emergence of an alarming new trend of local brands, sold illegally below the mandated minimum cigarette price of RM7 and is believed to be manufactured offshore in Batam, Indonesia, it said.

　　CMTM chief executive officer Shahrul Azamin Abdullah said the illegal cigarette trade deprives the government of RM2 billion annually in lost tobacco excise revenue.

　　"Given the ongoing severity of illegal cigarettes incidence in Malaysia, we have appealed to the government to take a moderate tax approach to cigarette excise in the upcoming Budget 2013."

　　He said a policy of moderate excise tax, combined with an enhanced enforcement efforts and the application of maximum penalties against those caught manufacturing, transporting and selling illegal cigarettes would be an effective long term strategy to fight illegal cigarettes incidence. Enditem