Muhith makes ‘hazardous’ e-cigarettes costlier
News Desk, bdnews24.com
Published: 01 Jun 2017 05:59 PM BdST Updated: 01 Jun 2017 09:34 PM BdST
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A man uses an e-cigarette in this illustration picture taken in Paris, March 5, 2013. Reuters
The government has imposed 25 percent customs duty on e-cigarettes, which Finance Minister AMA Muhith has described as “newly invented health-hazardous item”.
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Muhith introduced separate HS codes for these two items (e-cigarettes and refill packs) and imposed 25 percent customs duty for both.
He further said the use of e-cigarettes was increasing by the day particularly among young smokers from wealthy families.
Currently, there is only 10 percent duty applicable to this product and its refill pack.
Muhith also proposed to impose 100 percent supplementary duties on the two items.
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