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Manila presses cigarette complaint

MANILA - President Benigno Aquino said Wednesday he intends to push the country's trade complaint that Thailand was using unfair taxes to discriminate against cigarettes made in the Philippines.

The Philippines has filed an official complaint with the World Trade Organisation (WTO), and "further progress was expected in the coming month", said a statement from the president's office.

The Philippines suit at the WTO alleges that Thailand uses unwarranted valuation measures and the Value-Added Tax (VAT) to push up cigarette prices. The practice makes Philippines brands uncompetitive, and is unfair protectionism for the Thai Tobacco Monopoly, the Philippines says.

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  • jacksprat

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    Discussion 2 : 30 Jan 2013 at 12.002

    Does Thailand disciminate against Philippine cigarettes, or are all foreign made cigarettes taxed equally?

  • dao

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    Discussion 1 : 30 Jan 2013 at 12.001

    Only on cigarettes .Thailand does that almost everything which is why we pay up to 300 % for imported goods .Import tax retards our economy .

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