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  • Cambodia: New Tax Stamp Introduced

    Cambodia: New Tax Stamp Introduced

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    Cambodia has revealed the features of the new stamp tax to vendors in prime locations across the country, reports Khmer Times. According to the General Department of Taxation (GDT) in a working group with the General Department of Customs and Excises (GDCE), the dissemination and presentation of the obligations and features of the new stamp tax have been conducted in 1,305 places in five different areas.

    Tobacco products produced in Cambodia need to be labeled with a tax stamp issued by the GDT, and products imported from other countries need to be labeled with a tax stamp issued by the GDCE, said Ming Ban Kosal, the GDT’s deputy director and co-chief of the working group.

    “Both stamp tax for domestically produced and imported tobacco products were produced using a kind of high-quality paper with QR code and safety features that cannot be copied or fraudulently duplicated,” said Kosal.

  • Tobacco Use Down in Cambodia

    Tobacco Use Down in Cambodia

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    The youth cigarette smoking rate in Cambodia dropped from 32 percent in 2014 to 28 percent in 2022, reports the Phnom Penh Post, citing new Ministry of Health research. Despite the research showing a 4 percent decrease in cigarette smokers, the overall number of cigarette smokers has not decreased because the population grows annually, according to Mom Kong, Cambodia Movement for Health executive director.

    “I think that the most effective measure we can take would be to raise taxes on the tobacco products so that the rate is similar to our neighboring countries in order to reduce the number of Cambodian deaths from tobacco smoking,” Kong stated.

    “We hail what the government has done so far, but the government should strengthen the implementation of the laws more than this,” said Lim Sophoan, project coordinator of the Cambodian Coalition to Fight Infectious Diseases. “That’s good. In addition, we also want to tighten laws and continue to educate people from relevant ministries.”

  • Cambodia Burns E-Cigarettes

    Cambodia Burns E-Cigarettes

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    Cambodia’s Consumer Protection and Fraud Repression General Department of Ministry of Commerce, in cooperation with the National Authority for Combating Drugs, burned 288 boxes of UOLO e-cigarettes, equivalent to 7,200 packs, at a landfill in Phnom Penh’s Dangkor district, reports the Khmer Times.

    Heng Maly, director of the Consumer Protection and Fraud Repression General Department, said, “The e-cigarettes were confiscated on Nov. 3, 2022, from a warehouse, pursuant to the order to seize and destroy by the prosecutor of the Phnom Penh Municipal Court.”

    The e-cigarettes were discovered after an investigation by the General Department of CCF, which confiscated 3,600 packs of UOLO e-cigarettes, 1,800 e-cigarette machines and 1,800 e-cigarette mouthpieces.

  • Vietnam Sets Import Quotas for Cambodian Tobacco

    Vietnam Sets Import Quotas for Cambodian Tobacco

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    Cambodia may export up to 3,000 tons of leaf tobacco to Vietnam under preferential import tax rates this year, reports The Khmer Times, citing Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoiT).

    In order to enjoy the preferential import tax rate, the products must be accompanied by a Certificate of Origin issued by the Cambodian Ministry of Trade or another authorized agency, and their customs clearance procedures must be conducted at designated border crossings.

    For dried tobacco leaves, importers must show a license to import raw tobacco under tariff quotas issued by the MoIT.

    In September last year, Vietnam announced that it would impose a zero percent tax rate on 31 commodities imported from Cambodia such as live poultry, poultry meat and by-products, lemons and rice.

    The list also includes finished pork products and unprocessed tobacco leaves.