Officials say tobacco rates will adjust or affect tobacco retail prices in the future

Washington (reporter Hung Weihua) recently, the State administration of taxation officials said, in order to further increase the intensity of tobacco control, cigarette tax rate will certainly continue to improve, is currently doing a new tobacco tax adjustment program, next year is expected to be introduced, and will be implemented "tax price linkage" to improve retail prices. Last May, the Ministry of Finance, the State administration of taxation issued "on the regulation of tobacco products consumption tax policy notice", after adjustment, the tax rate of a class of cigarettes increased to 56%, the B-class cigarette tax rate increased to 36%. Yesterday, the reporter visited some of the liquor stores found that last May after the tobacco tax hike, the market on the retail price of cigarettes did not change. On the news that the tobacco tax could be raised again next year, a shopkeeper said, "the first thing to see is the extent of the price increase, if the extent is not the same as last year, by the manufacturers themselves digestion." If the production enterprises can not afford to be transferred to the retail price, may have a certain impact on sales. ”