Finance Ministry to push through higher duties on beer and tobacco

It is already known that both sectors are very critical about the Ministry's plans to raise the duty on cigarettes for the second time this year. The combined rise would be as much as 13%. The Ministry also wants to raise the taxes on beer and tobacco for hand-rolled cigarettes. Producers associations hope that their appeals to other ministries, especially the Economy Ministry will be more successful. (Parkiet, p. 7) A.F.