Half a billion illegal cigarettes were sold in Hungary last year

Last year, the share of illegal cigarettes was 6.5 percent, with about 530 million cigarettes causing a budget tax loss of about 23 billion HUF.

In Hungary, the share of illegal cigarettes in total consumption was 6.5 percent last year, compared to the 8.6 percent in the EU average – the National Tax and Customs Agency (NAV) referring to the KMPG Stella Project KMPG research. (privatbankar.hu, vg.hu)