questionText: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate her Department has made of the value of the counterfeit cigarette market.
answerText: HMRC estimated that the illicit tobacco market cost £2.2bn in lost excise duty and VAT for the year 2022/23. Cigarettes account for £0.7bn of this amount. We do not have an estimate relating to specifically counterfeit cigarettes. Further details can be f...
heading: Tobacco: Counterfeit Manufacturing