This was reported by the head of the department for control over the turnover and taxation of excisable goods of the Main Directorate of the State Fund of Fisheries in the Chernivtsi region Natalia Donets.

According to her, the prices for cigarettes after raising excises will grow by 7 hryvnia per pack. However, this will not happen at the same time.

"Given the increase in specific rates of excise tax on tobacco products and the minimum excise tax obligation to pay excise tax on tobacco products, on average, a pack of cigarettes produced after January 1, 2018, will rise by about 7 hryvnia," she said..

Such an increase will be due to changes in the Tax Code of Ukraine, which include, among other things, a gradual increase until 2025, specific rates of excise tax on tobacco products and a minimum excise tax obligation to pay excise tax on tobacco products.

Recall, as previously reported, "URA-Inform, a large contraband of cigarettes recently discovered Polish border guards. The cost of cigarettes, according to information from the Polish side, is more than 230 thousand zlotys.