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Abu Dhabi tobacco trade declines in 2018

(WAM) — The value of Abu Dhabi’s trade in raw tobacco and manufactured tobacco products declined sharply in 2018 compared to 2017, reflecting the success of the decision to apply excise tax.

The UAE began applying excise tax on selected goods that are harmful to public health in October 2017. An excise tax of 100 percent was imposed on tobacco while percentages ranging from 50 percent to 100 percent were imposed on other products, such as carbonated drinks and energy drinks.

The total value of Abu Dhabi’s tobacco trade dropped to around Dh 62.4 million from last year, compared to Dh 410 million in 2017, according Statistics Centre-Abu Dhabi, SCAD.

The same statistics also show that most of the emirate’s tobacco trade was in the form of re-exports, valued at around Dh 57.5 million in 2018, representing 92 percent of the total trade in tobacco products.

During the same year, imports of tobacco products were value at around AED2.5 million while the value of exports amounted to only Dh 2.4 million.

The final quarter of 2018 witnessed a decline in Abu Dhabi’s trade in tobacco and its derivatives by 53.4 percent.

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