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Romania: Black Cigarette Mkt Stands at over 224 mil euros 

Jump to full article: Reporter.gr (Premium SA) (gr), 2007-02-13
Author: Source: ACT Media News Agency

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At the end of 2006, Romania's black cigarette market stood at over 224 million euros, that is some 16 percent of the yearly aggregate cigarette sales that amount to 35.4 billion cigarettes worth some 1.4 billion euros, Dan Bucur, head of the Fraud Investigation Department of the Romanian General Police Inspectorate stated, ACT Media news agency reports.

The Police official gave this information on the occasion of the signing by National Police head Dan Valentin Fatuloiu and the managing directors for Romania of British American Tobacco and JT International Manufacturing respectively, of two cooperation protocols on the prevention and combat of tobacco smuggling.

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