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According to the portal delfi.lt, A. Oneksin took control of the tobacco industry in 2017, when his company Energo-Oil became the sole sales operator for the tobacco company Grodno Neman and took over the network of several thousand tobacco establishments, called Tabakerka.
According to the Belarusian media, the company, which is officially engaged in the trade and export of petroleum products, has invested some 40 million in the Grodno plant. and installed two new production lines.
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The Grodno tobacco factory received 60 million. The official net profit of Energo-Oil, which sells its products, is not announced.
A new cigarette factory has also been opened in Minsk, the construction of which has been granted exceptional conditions by decisions of the Belarusian authorities.
According to Delfi.lt, the Belarusian government has not disclosed for four years how many cigarettes are produced, sold or exported in the country, but according to the collected excise data, the total number of cigarettes produced may reach about 40 billion. units. Some of the cigarettes produced are likely to be irresponsible.
The Grodno cigarette factory advertises on its website that it produces about 72 percent. of total cigarettes in the country – about 28.5 billion. units.
Photo of the Criminal Customs Service / Smuggling of detainees
It is estimated that there are just over 2 million smokers in Belarus, who should smoke less than 15 billion a year. cigarettes, so the rest must be exported.
According to the portal, official cigarette exports to Belarus are practically non-existent and amount to tens of millions of euros, collected mainly in Georgia and Azerbaijan.
At the time, Lithuanian customs officials are announcing new records of seized smuggled cigarettes – more than 13 million have been seized in nine months this year. smoking packs, double last year all year round. More than nine-tenths of these cigarettes are manufactured in Belarus.
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The value of smokers smokers exceeds 46 million. euros.
According to an “empty pack” study by the Nielsen company, illegal cigarettes currently account for about 22.4 percent of Lithuania’s cigarettes. market, this number is the highest since 2014. It is estimated that Lithuanian smokers could pay a total of around LTL 100 million for smuggled cigarettes. euros.
According to experts and officials interviewed by Delfi.lt, the money received from cigarette smuggling is used to finance the Belarusian regime and constitutes a significant part of unofficial budget revenue.
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