Bulgaria Deputy PM: Counteracting smuggling of excise goods one of govt’s main priorities

Rumyana Bachvarova, Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister for Coalition Policy and Public Administration and Minister of Interior, held a working meeting at the ministry building with representatives of five leading tobacco companies in Bulgaria.
Market research ordered by the five companies was presented at the meeting, the press centre of the ministry announced.
“Counteracting the smuggling of excise goods is one of the main priorities of the government – the motives for that are both of fiscal and general nature,” said Minister Bachvarova, speaking at the event.