Written answers
Tuesday, 16 June 2009
Department of Finance
Customs and Excise Seizures
8:00 pm
Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Labour)
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Question 82: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of cigarettes and tobacco products seized by customs and excise at Dublin Airport for the years 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and to date in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23476/09]
Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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I am advised by the Revenue Commissioners that the amounts of cigarettes and tobacco products seized by Customs at Dublin Airport for the years 2005 to 2008 and 2009 to date are as set out in the following tables. Table 1 relates to cigarettes and Table 2 to other tobacco products. The data for 2009 in Table 2 include a seizure at Dublin Airport cargo terminal of 1.47 kilograms of chewing tobacco. Table 1 Cigarettes
Year | Number of detections | Quantity | Estimated Retail Value | Total Dutiesevaded |
(sticks) | â'¬ | â'¬ | ||
2005 | 1,531 | 18,339,229 | 6,299,525 | 5,043,288 |
2006 | 1,957 | 22,775,662 | 7,823,440 | 6,263,307 |
2007 | 2,542 | 38,796,520 | 13,326,605 | 10,669,043 |
2008 | 3,197 | 37,923,877 | 13,804,291 | 11,073,772 |
2009 (to 31 May) | 1,337 | 14,458,571 | 6,090,673 | 4,847,236 |
Table 2 Other Tobacco Products
Year | Number of detections | Quantity Seized | Estimated Retail Value | Total Dutiesevaded |
(Kg) | â'¬ | â'¬ | ||
2005 | 72 | 429 | 122,694 | 92,394 |
2006 | 64 | 254 | 72,644 | 54,704 |
2007 | 113 | 785 | 244,510 | 169,065 |
2008 | 201 | 1,685 | 543,918 | 418,217 |
2009 (to 31 May) | 99 | 2,155 | 773,128 | 609,779 |
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