Increase of excise duty on cigarettes
Vide SRO 1181(I)/2015 dated 30.11.2015, FBR has imposed fixed duty on cigarettes at the rates specified in the below table.
| Sr. No. | Existing description of goods | New description of goods | Existing rate of duty | New rate of duty |
| 1. | Locally produced cigarettes if theiron-pack printedretail price exceedsrupees three thousand three hundred and fifty per thousandcigarettes. | Locally produced cigarettes if theiron-pack printedretail price exceeds Rs. 3600per thousandcigarettes. | Rs.3,030/- per thousand cigarettes | Rs.3,155/- per thousand cigarettes |
| 2. | Locally produced cigarettes if theiron-pack printedretail price does not exceed rupees three thousand three hundred and fifty per thousandcigarettes | Locally produced cigarettes if theiron-pack printedretail price does not exceed Rs. 3600 per thousandcigarettes | Rs.1,320 /-per thousand cigarettes | Rs.1,420 /-per thousand cigarettes |
A copy of the Notification can be accessed here: