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| Party | Region | 2023 | 2020 | 2018 |
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| Austria | EUR | 2022 (Corona!) were seized/destroyed: # 1.5 million pk. Cigarettes (2021: 2.05 million) # 15.6 tons of tobacco and other tobacco products # 20,200 pcs/units of e-cigarettes, chewing tobacco, tobacco for heating, cigars and cigarillos; Disposal via local waste disposers (separation compostable - non-compostable) | Answer not provided | Report not provided |
| Belgium | EUR | Answer not provided | Report not provided | Report not provided |
| Benin | AFR | Environ 8000 Tonnes | Environ 4000 Tonnes | Report not provided |
| Brazil | AMR | Decree-Law No. 1,593, of 12/21/1977: Art. 14. Cigarettes and other tobacco derivatives, seized for fiscal infraction subject to the penalty of confiscation, will be destroyed after the formalization of the relevant administrative-fiscal procedure. Seized foreign cigarette packs: 2018: 17.949.699; 2019: 16.946.312; 2020: 15.978.584; 2021 (so far): 18.502.726 | Report not provided | Report not provided |
| Burkina Faso | AFR | non disponible | non disponible | Report not provided |
| Cabo Verde | AFR | Report not provided | No information about the quantity | Report not provided |
| Chad | AFR | Nous ne disposons pas exactement des données sur la quantité detruite. Néamoins, nous savons chaque année les produits saisies sont detruites | Answer not provided | Report not provided |
| Comoros | AFR | Ces dernières années on na pas enregistré des infraction à ces types | Ces dernières années on na pas enregistré des infraction à ces types | Report not provided |
| Congo | AFR | NA | NA | Report not provided |
| Costa Rica | AMR | Cantidad de tabaco incautada: 59.304.669 cigarrillos de tabaco. Ref. Oficio MH-DM-OF-0522-2023. | 64.415.022 unidades de cigarrillos. | Report not provided |
| Côte d'Ivoire | AFR | Selon les lois en vigueur, l'élimination ou la destruction de marchandises confisquées est prononcée par le juge. En 2022; les services de la Douanes avaient rapportés la saisie de 6 800 kilogrammes de cigarettes. | Selon les lois en vigueur, lélimination ou la destruction de marchandises confisquées est prononcée par le juge. Ne dispose pas dinformations sur la quantité de tabac, de produits du tabac et de matériel de fabrication confisqués. | Report not provided |
| Croatia | EUR | 2021 – Type of products: 3.860.110 pcs of cigarettes 10.070,53 kg of tobacco Equipment: Manual filler 2 Smoking devices 16 2022 – Type of products: 37.471.747 pcs of cigarettes 12.209,27 kg of tobacco 9.800 pcs of HEETS 90 pcs e-liquid 69,20 kg of other products (eg. WPT) Equipment: Tobacco cutters 4 Tobacco dryer 1 Conveyor 1 Cutter knives + parts 66+1 The destruction of confiscated tobacco and tobacco products is carried out by an authorized utility company, under the supervision of a commission from the Central Office of Customs Directorate, using a machine that grinds tobacco and cigarettes into a fine powder with 8 millimeter rollers, which is mixed with municipal waste. Machines and other parts used in the tobacco industry, were destroyed by autogenous cutting in several places so that the machines and parts were completely unusable. | Report not provided | Report not provided |
| Cyprus | EUR | Statistics not available. | Report not provided | Report not provided |
| Czechia | EUR | See the statistics of seizures. All seized tobacco and tobacco products have been destroyed. | Report not provided | Report not provided |
| Ecuador | AMR | El Servicio Nacional de Aduana ha reportado la destrucción de 21.844.049 unidades de cigarrillos entre los años 2018 y 2019. 8.769.743 en el año 2018 y 13.074.306 en el año 2019. | El Servicio Nacional de Aduana ha reportado la destrucción de 21.844.049 unidades de cigarrillos entre los años 2018 y 2019. 8.769.743 en el año 2018 y 13.074.306 en el año 2019. | Report not provided |
| Egypt | EMR | Report not provided | Report not provided | Report not provided |
| Eswatini | AFR | Report not provided | Report not provided | Report not provided |
| European Union | EUR | Member States to send their own replies There are no EU wide statistics on destruction or disposal and no agreed statistical methodology. However, please see reply to F11 on seizures. | There are no EU wide statistics on destruction or disposal and no agreed statistical methodology. However, please see reply to F11 on seizures. | Report not provided |
| Fiji | WPR | We do not have the exact amount of confiscated tobacco and tobacco products including manufacturing equipment. | We do not have the exact amount of confiscated tobacco and tobacco products including manufacturing equipment. | Report not provided |
| France | EUR | Tous les produits du tabac saisis par les autorités douanières françaises, ainsi que les machines de production, font l’objet d’une destruction. | Report not provided | Report not provided |
| Gabon | AFR | Report not provided | Report not provided | Report not provided |
| Gambia | AFR | Not available | Not available | Report not provided |
| Germany | EUR | Report not provided | Report not provided | Report not provided |
| Ghana | AFR | Data not available | Report not provided | Report not provided |
| Greece | EUR | Answer not provided | Report not provided | Report not provided |
| Guinea | AFR | Neant | Report not provided | Report not provided |
| Hungary | EUR | Report not provided | Report not provided | Report not provided |
| India | SEA | Nil | Report not provided | Report not provided |
| Iran (Islamic Republic of) | EMR | Most confiscated tobacco will be destructed | Most confiscated tobacco will be destructed | Report not provided |
| Iraq | EMR | تم اتلاف 1465976 علبة سكائر تحتوي العلبة على 20 سيكارة كما تم اتلاف 121520 علبة معسل زنة العلبة 50 غم | tobacco products: as following 1. cigarettes, 500 packs (each packs contain 500 small packets, each small packet contain 20 cigarettes 2. Muassal tobacco which is used in waterpipe smoking, 200 packs | Report not provided |
| Jordan | EMR | Report not provided | Report not provided | Report not provided |
| Kenya | AFR | Report not provided | Report not provided | Report not provided |
| Kuwait | EMR | Answer not provided | Answer not provided | Report not provided |
| Latvia | EUR | Answer not provided | Answer not provided | Report not provided |
| Lithuania | EUR | General information provided by the Customs Department: Tobacco (raw tobacco and fine cut tobacco) 2020 – 53 500 kg 2021 – 60 118 kg 2022 – 10 877 kg Total: 124 495 kg Cigarettes (mostly “illicit whites” manufactured in BY) 2020 – 337 698 556 pcs 2021 – 449 389 722 pcs 2022 – 173 159 939 pcs Total: 960 248 217 pcs Heated tobacco products (HEETS) 2020 – 177 070 pcs 2021 – 25 060 pcs 2022 – 61 352 pcs Total: 263 482 pcs Most used destruction method: Composting | Report not provided | Report not provided |
| Luxembourg | EUR | There are no EU wide statistics on destruction or disposal and no agreed statistical methodology. Luxembourg : Seized tobacco products in 2022 -> 123.751 cigarettes (Roll your own tobacco + other tobacco products). | Report not provided | Report not provided |
| Madagascar | AFR | La destruction des tabacs ou d’autre produits taxable doit suivre une certaine formalité édicté par les articles I-11 et II-33 du Code des Procédures fiscal, la destruction se fait par incinération, la totalité de tabac (cigarettes) détruit en 2022 est de 1 120 288 paquets. | Report not provided | Report not provided |
| Mali | AFR | RAS | RAS | Report not provided |
| Malta | EUR | Please refer to section F1. | Report not provided | Report not provided |
| Mauritius | AFR | All cigarettes seized by the Customs Department of MRA are destroyed on a quarterly basis. The method used is cut and crush and disposal at a landfill under the supervision of the Customs and Finance and Administration Departments of MRA and the NAPRO. | All cigarettes seized by the Customs Department of MRA are destroyed on a quarterly basis. The method used is cut and crush and disposal at a landfill under the supervision of the Customs and Finance and Administration Departments of MRA and the NAPRO. The quantity of seized cigarettes destroyed by MRA is 180,000 and 200,000 sticks for the years 2018 and 2019 respectively. | Report not provided |
| Mongolia | WPR | Report not provided | Report not provided | Report not provided |
| Montenegro | EUR | During the 2021., In cooperation with the Special State Prosecutor, 3 criminal research was carried out All three criminal research has been completed and the report on implemented activities were submitted to the Special State Prosecutor. Also, the basic state prosecutors, in the field of suppression of illicit trade and cigarette smuggling filed: • 44 criminal charges, against 51 persons due to reasonable suspicion that they committed 51 criminal offense (smuggling and illicit trade) • A total of 50,921 cigarette boxes (1 stain = 10 packs were confiscated) During the 2022., In cooperation with the Special State Prosecutor ,. The same subsidiaries and 3 amendments to criminal charges, against 16 persons, due to the established suspicion that they committed 16 criminal offenses smuggling in an organized way, abuse of official position, etc. criminal offenses. The total value of seized cigarettes through activities with the Special State Prosecutor is 12,848,728 euros. These activities seized 2,624,439 cigarette packs (1 stain = 10 pack) Basic state prosecutors were filed in 20 criminal charges against 25 people due to a reasonable suspicion that they committed 19 criminal offenses of illicit trade and smuggling. In cooperation with the basic state prosecutor, 92,024 packs of cigarettes were seized 185,282 euros. Also, 14 criminal charges against 16 persons were filed for the reasonable suspicion that they committed 15 criminal offenses of illicit trade and smuggling of 3,517 kg of cut tobacco worth 11,670 euros. | From January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2019, destruction was carried out - by burning in kilns, 98,445.94 (in 1000 pieces) of different brands and 8,808.00 kg of cut tobacco. | Report not provided |
| Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | EUR | In total 180,323,273 cigarettes were confiscated last year, of which 178 million come from 31 big(ger) seizures (> 50,000). The smaller seizures were mainly at Dutch airports (passenger controls), mail/couriers and domestic shops (retail). | Report not provided | Report not provided |
| Nicaragua | AMR | No se han realizado destrucciones | Answer not provided | Report not provided |
| Niger | AFR | Answer not provided | Answer not provided | Report not provided |
| Nigeria | AFR | Report not provided | Report not provided | Report not provided |
| Norway | EUR | 8 973 276 Cigarettes 7706 kg tobacco products in 2019 The information for the quantity destroyed are not available, please see E 20 for the numbers of seizures. | 8 973 276 stk stk Cigarettes 7706 kg tobacco products in 2019 | Report not provided |
| Pakistan | EMR | Report not provided | Report not provided | Report not provided |
| Panama | AMR | En total se han destruido 2,561 bultos de cigarillos. AÑO DE DESTRUCCIÓN CANTIDAD PRODUCTO MÉTODO DE DESTRUCCIÓN. 2022 1642 BULTOS CIGARRILLO INCINERACIÓN 2022 919 BULTOS CIGARRILLOS INCINERACIÓN | Con respecto a las incautaciones de productos de tabaco, vale destacar que los cigarrillos son los productos que más se incautan situación que obedece a que son los de mayor uso en el país. Producto Cigarrillo Año 2019: 5,069 pacas Año 2018: 4,326 pacas Año 2017: 28,435 pacas Año 2016:7,550 pacas Año 2015: 11,145 pacas SEAN - Cigarrillos electrónicos - Año: 2019 Cigarrillos electrónicos 790 unidades Baterías de SEAN 14 unidades Boquillas de SEAN 36 unidades Otros accesorios: 44 unidades 2017 Nicotina Líquida: 24 frascos | Report not provided |
| Portugal | EUR | not applicable | Report not provided | Report not provided |
| Qatar | EMR | NA | NA | Report not provided |
| Republic of Moldova | EUR | Report not provided | Report not provided | Report not provided |
| Samoa | WPR | 2018 - 25,973 ctns x 20 stiks - 2,550 kg loose tobacco 2019 - 32,826 ctns x 20sticks - 520 kg loose tobacco | 2018 - 25,973 ctns x 20 stiks - 2,550 kg loose tobacco 2019 - 32,826 ctns x 20sticks - 520 kg loose tobacco | Report not provided |
| Saudi Arabia | EMR | طريقة الاتلاف عن طريق الردم أو باستخدام سيارات مجهزة للاتلاف تتوافق مع معايير السلامة البيئية | Answer not provided | Report not provided |
| Senegal | AFR | Nous navons pas de données relatives à la quantités de tabac, de produits de tabac et de matériel de fabrication confisquées. Cependant, le futur projet de texte juridique relatif à la transposition du protocole pour éliminer le commerce illicite du tabac et des produits du tabac au Sénégal prendra en compte tous ces aspects. | Nous navons pas de données relatives à la quantités de tabac, de produits de tabac et de matériel de fabrication confisquées. Cependant, le futur projet de texte juridique relatif à la transposition du protocole pour éliminer le commerce illicite du tabac et des produits du tabac au Sénégal prendra en compte tous ces aspects. | Report not provided |
| Serbia | EUR | Report not provided | During the period 2017 - 2019, through the activities of the Working Group on Combating Illicit Tobacco and Tobacco Trafficking, the parcels on which illegal tobacco plantings were located were identified. The control of illegal plantings was carried out through joint activities of Phytosanitary inspection of the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Interior. In 2017, a total of 66.91 hectars of illegal tobacco plantitions with expected yield of 133.82 tonnes of tobacco leaves were destroyed. In 2018, a total 60.14 hectars of illegal tobacco plantations with expected yield of 120.28 tons of tobacco leaves were destroyed . In 2019, a total area of 38.52 hectars of illegal tobacco plantations with expected yield of 76.92 tonnes of tobacco leaves were destroyed. | Report not provided |
| Seychelles | AFR | Answer not provided | Report not provided | Report not provided |
| Slovakia | EUR | N/A | Report not provided | Report not provided |
| Spain | EUR | Para el período desde junio de 2020 hasta febrero de 2023, los datos de destrucción han sido los siguientes: CIGARRILLO: 39.687.204,00 cajetillas de 20 cigarrillos cada cajetilla. PICADURA, TABACO PIPA DE AGUA, TABACO ASPIRAR Y HOJA DE TABACO: 418.702.075,00 gramos. CIGARRO: 135.151,00 unidades. MAQUINARIA: 717 unidades. MATERIAL AUXILIAR: 278.177,00 unidades. | Report not provided | Report not provided |
| Sri Lanka | SEA | Report not provided | Answer not provided | Report not provided |
| Sweden | EUR | Approximately 5.6 million cigarettes, 6 400 kg other tobacco products and 150 litres wape fluid. | Report not provided | Report not provided |
| Togo | AFR | RAS | RAS | Report not provided |
| Türkiye | EUR | In the activities carried out by the units affiliated to the General Directorate of Security KOM Presidency, in 2021, 3,891,883 packs of illegal cigarettes were 51,512,377 filled macarons and 334,035 kg (hookah, pipe, coiled shredded tobacco) and in 2022, 5,828,315 packs of illegal cigarettes, 626,614,332 unfilled cigarettes. 387,883 kg of macarons (hookah, pipe, and rolled tobacco) were seized. Seized tobacco products are destroyed or disposed of by burning, shredding and rendering them completely worthless or unusable by appropriate methods in recycling facilities. In 2021, 2.554,515 packs of cigarettes, 508.216,403 macarons, 139,792 cigars, 248,763 kg – 14,933 packages of tobacco were seized and destroyed in the Gendarmerie General Command's responsibility area. In 2022, 1,984,621 packs of cigarettes, 640,419,272 macarons, 27,334 cigars, 295,007 kg – 16,758 packs of tobacco were seized and destroyed in the Gendarmerie General Command's responsibility area. | Report not provided | Report not provided |
| Turkmenistan | EUR | Report not provided | Report not provided | Report not provided |
| United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | EUR | Cigarette lighter: (2020) 5007 units ; (2021) 2 units ; (2022) 0 units Cigarettes: (2020) 303,999,493 sticks ; (2021) 1,093,213,241 sticks ; (2022) 965,167,374 sticks Cigars or Cigarillos: (2020) 101,811 units ; (2021) 377,481 units + 0.75kg ; (2022) 117,478 units + 156.17kg e-Cigarettes: (2020) 4,162 units ; (2021) 80,459 units ; (2022) 335,286 units Filters: (2020) 0 units ; (2021) 2,205 units ; (2022) 10,840 units Hand rolling tobacco: (2020) 48,133 kg ; (2021) 102,592.33 kg ; (2022) 42,543.61 kg Other tobacco products: (2020) 604,568 units + 819.5 kg ; (2021) 29,416,762 units ; (2022) 7,581,999 units Wraps: (2020) 127,601 units ; (2021) 242 units ; (2022) 30,279 units Machinery: (2020) 4 units ; (2021) 4 units ; (2022) 0 units | Total tobacco disposals in KG from April 2018 through to March 2020 - 2406877 KG No figures are available relating to the number of manufacturing equipment items that were destroyed, however these are sent for metal recycling as much as is practicable. | Report not provided |
| Uruguay | AMR | Answer not provided | Answer not provided | Report not provided |