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Quantity of

Fines

cigarettes seized

Offender s fined

Range of fine

- 16 -

Custodial sentence Offender Range

of

($)

S

imprisonment

sentenced

1993-94

<5000

1799

100 - 12000

31

1 day

-

5001 - 50000

497

50 - 50000

37

6 days

50001 - 100000

42

500 - 80000

11

1 month

-

100001 - 500000

31

-

100 130500

14

6 days

F

6 months

5 months

12 months

6 months

>500000

6

1000 - 50000

17

2 months- 9 months

Overall

2375

50 - 130500

110

I day

12 months

1994-95

<5000

1166

100 - 10000

123

1 day

4 months

5001-50000

291

100 - 40000

68

1 day

-

6 months

50001 - 100000

20

1000 - 40000

16

1 month

-

6 months

100001 - 500000

40

-

1000 100000

32

1 month

10 months

>500000

19

5000 - 90000

34

1 month

+

12 months

Overall

1536

-

100 100000

273

1 day

-

12 months

(c)

We do not have an estimate of the daily quantity of dutiable cigarettes smuggled into the territory. We can only assess the potential loss in duty revenue based on the quantity of cigarettes seized. The statistics are set out in my written reply to Members -

Year

Average

daily

Average daily

Average daily | Percentage | Duty quantity of of

quantity of quantity of cigarettes

cigarettes

potential of cigarettes

cigarettes

cigarettes

imported and seized over

seized (per

seized

imported #

retained for cigarettes

day)

(pieces) (A)

(pieces)

domestic

imported

consumption

(A/B %)

(pieces)(B)

1990-91 1991-92 67,000 1992-93 117,000

20,000

170.4 million

11.55 million

0.17%

$4,858

202.4 million

33.64 million

0.20%

$32,053

194.6 million

16.33 million

0.72%

$61,749

1993-94 491,000 1994-95 225,000

166.6 million

8.65 million

5.68% $284,538

165.5 million

8.79 million

2.568.79 $130,606

# : Cigarettes imported include all cigarettes imported for domestic consumption and for subsequent re-export.

We also do not have an estimate of the loss to cigarette dealers.

End/Wednesday, November 15, 1995