In Ukraine, an increase in excise taxes on tobacco products. Reports TSN. This information is provided by Kontrakty.UA.
The publication "RBK-Ukraine". also reports on this matter.
The relevant bill (№11090) was passed by the Verkhovna Rada on December 4, and on December 9, the document was sent for signature to President Volodymyr Zelensky, where it still remains.
According to the Deputy Chairman of the Parliamentary Finance Committee, Yaroslav Zheleznyak, due to delays, Ukraine has already lost over 700 million hryvnias.
How prices for cigarettes and "sticks" will change
If the law comes into effect in its current form, the excise tax on cigarettes will be (per 1000 pieces)
- in 2025 — 78 euros (+35.4%)
- in 2026 — an additional +5%
- in 2027 — another +4.8%
- in 2028 — 90 euros (+4.7%)
Excise tax on heated tobacco products will increase as follows:
- in 2025 — to 70.4 euros (up by 22%)
- in 2026 and 2027 — by +0.5% each year
- in 2028 — 72 euros (+1.2%)
Currently, the excise tax on "sticks" and cigarettes is the same. However, in 2028, as explained by the Executive Director of the NGO "Center for Civic Representation "Life" Dmytro Kupry, the difference will be 25%.
The publication notes that if in 2024 a pack of cigarettes cost 100 hryvnias, by 2028 it will rise to 205 hryvnias.
In particular, the Deputy General Director for Corporate Affairs of "Philip Morris Ukraine" Mykhailo Polyakov confirmed that the price of packs could increase on average by 30 hryvnias. However, he assured that the increase will be gradual — the price will change once or twice a month until manufacturers fully "pass on" the excise increase to consumers.
It should be noted that the Verkhovna Rada approved the law on increasing the excise tax on tobacco products in general. The bill specifically provided for a gradual increase over four years in the rates of the excise tax on tobacco products, taking into account the minimum level established by EU Directive 2011/64.