According to the 2023 anti-smuggling data at border ports recently released by Turkey, the total value of smuggled tobacco products and alcoholic beverages seized in the country in 2023 reached 1.2 billion Turkish Lira (1 Turkish Lira is approximately RMB 0.24), resulting in a tax loss of approximately 800 million. lira.
During Turkey’s border smuggling inspection operations in 2023, law enforcement officers seized a total of approximately 1.15 million packs of smuggled cigarettes, with a case value of 46.2 million lire; approximately 1.2 million smuggled e-cigarettes, with a case value of 565.5 million lire; and 7 million electronic cigarettes. Cigarette spare parts, case value 80.4 million lire.
Because Turkey bans the import and sale of e-cigarettes and does not tax them, illegal vaping products are not included in the Treasury's potential tax losses.
