Most cigarettes sold in Paraná are smuggled

By ETCO
03/10/2018

The tobacco production chain in Brazil generates thousands of jobs and income. The country is the largest exporter in the world. In 2016, 538 thousand tons of tobacco were produced and 483 thousand tons were exported.

144 thousand families produce tobacco with a gross production value of R $ 5,2 billion. But this market is under threat due to the significant growth, in the last 3 years, of illegal cigarette sales.

In an interview with Rádio CBN de Curitiba, the president of ETCO talks about the main port of entry for smuggled cigarettes in the country, which is the state of Paraná.

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