New excise duty rates for tobacco from 1 January

The annual adjustment to the excise and excise-equivalent duty rates on tobacco products will take place on 1 January 2010.

The annual adjustment is based on movements in the 'Consumers Price Index - All Groups (excluding credit services)' over the 12-month period to 30 September 2009. The new rates are those set out in the Excise and Excise-equivalent Duties (Tobacco Products Indexation) Amendment Order 2009.  

The new rates are:

	Current Rate (GST excl.)	New Rate – 1 January 2010 (GST excl.)
Cigarettes per 1,000	$309.55	$314.43
Other tobacco products per kilo of tobacco content (KTC)	$386.93	$393.03

Tobacco products removed from a licensed manufacturing area or imported after midnight on 31 December 2009 will be subject to the new rates.

Further information
If you require further information, please contact Customs on 0800 4 CUSTOMS (0800 428 786).

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