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China sees sharp rise in cigarette imports in January 

Local customs in south China's Guangdong province reported a sharp rise in the imports of foreign cigarettes in January as the government canceled the decades-old special license for the sale of imported cigarettes beginning on New Year's Day.

The abrogation of the special license has made it possible for more than 4 million domestic cigarette retailers to sell both Chinese and overseas brands. In the past, only those who had special licenses were allowed to do so.

In the first month, Guangdong imported 15.93 million foreign cigarettes, worth 280,000 US dollars, 3.4 times and two times morethan the figures of last January

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