Increasing the price of cigarettes, has increased the level of smuggling in the country . Economists and financiers talk about the situation in the market.
It turns out that the criminal cases started on un-excised cigarettes cigarettes are three times higher compared to last year.
According to the experts, the government never analyzes the results that follow the adoption of the regulations the government and in this case nobody considered that the smuggling would increase. They say that additional funds are needed to combat the crime.
"The main problem is not only that the government increases the taxes but the second major problem is that the government takes all the decisions independently and never provides analysis for the proposed draft laws and regulations, regarding long-term planning and risk assessment. This is happening now,when the risks related to the increase of smuggling were not taken into account, "- said economist Zviad Khorguashvili.