烟草在线据《经济时报》报道编译　　印度商务部征集了财政部和工业部对烟农协会要求缩紧印度卷烟进口的要求的意见。

　　在一次部际沟通会上，印度外贸部指出，印度烟农协会联合会要求取消开放式一般许可证下的卷烟进口。

　　印度外贸部说：“烟农协会指出，因开放式一般许可证而出现的卷烟进口的惊人增长、走私的增长和烟草控制，导致印度烟农的烟叶获得的价格很低。印度烟农协会联合会因此请求取消开放式一般许可证下的卷烟进口。”

　　2010——11年，印度卷烟进口从2009——10年的4.77377亿卢比增加到了5.54885亿卢比。

　　在本财年的4月至6月期间，进口卷烟保持在1.83765亿卢比。

　　印度烟农协会联合会在给商业与工业部长Anand Sharma的信中说，国际卷烟制造商试图通过合法和非法的渠道，将它们的过剩产量推入印度。

　　印度烟农协会联合会说：“似乎在最近的过去，进入我国的进口卷烟在卷烟被归类为开放式一般许可证下的物品后出现了惊人的增长。此外，我们还了解到，走私及假冒卷烟假装成合法的进口卷烟，出现了增长，估计在今年达到190亿卢比左右。”

　　印度烟农协会说，据报告称，每年有170亿支卷烟被走私进入印度，使得印度成为世界上走私卷烟的第六大消费国。

　　它还说：“由于合法及非法的进口卷烟增长，完全依赖于国内种植的烟草的国内烟草制造商无法利用更多本国烟草。”

　　此外，印度烟农协会还说，印度与邻国间巨大的价格差也是走私卷烟增长的原因之一。

Commerce Ministry seeks view on cigarette imports

Economic Times
Mar 13, 2012

　　The Commerce Ministry has sought opinion from finance and industry ministries over a demand from tobacco farmers association to tighten import of cigarettes into the country.

　　In an inter-ministerial communication, the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has pointed out that Consortium of Indian farmers Associations (CIFA) has demanded to remove import of cigarette under open general license (OGL).

　　"The association has pointed out alarming increase of imports due to OGL and also growth of smuggled and controlled cigarettes resulting in Indian tobacco farmers are getting low price for their product. CIFA has therefore requested to remove import of cigarette under OGL," the DGFT has said.

　　India's cigarettes import has increased to Rs 5,548.85 lakh in 2010-11 from Rs 4,773.77 lakh in 2009-10.

　　During April-June this fiscal, imports stood at Rs 1,837.65 lakh.

　　CIFA in its letter to the Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma has said that international cigarette makers are trying to push their surplus production into India through legal and illegal routes.

　　"It appears that in the recent past, cigarette imports in to our country is alarmingly increasing since the cigarettes are classified under OGL. Further, we have also came to know that under the garb of import of legal cigarettes, the growth of smuggled and contraband cigarettes which is estimated to be around Rs 1,900 crore this year," it said.

　　The association said that according to reports, 17 billion cigarette sticks are smuggled into Indian every year, making it the sixth highest consumer of smuggled cigarettes in the world.

　　"Domestic manufacturers who are totally depending on domestically grown tobacco are not able to utilise more of our tobacco due to increase in legal and illegal import of cigarettes," it added.

　　Further, it said that the huge price differential between India and neighbouring countries is also one of the reasons for the increase in smuggling of cigarettes.