Jakarta, Aktual.com – The government is asked to review the policy of raising the excise tax return, which is planned to be increased in 2017.

Because, if this policy is adopted, it is not only in contact with the tobacco industry but also tobacco farmers was affected.

“So that would be raised again, then not only the cigarette industry are affected, but also industrial chain will be hit. It was terrible,” said Secretary GAPRI, Hasan Aoni, in Jakarta, Thursday (11/8).

Industrial chain which she means, associated perpetrator distribution of cigarettes, tobacco farmers and growers of clove. “Tobacco growers an example. Because no tobacco farmer could sell to the outside plant tobacco or cigarettes,”he explained.

Clove farmers, too. A total of 95 percent is used by the cigarette industry, both types of hand rolled cigarettes (SKT) or machine rolled cigarettes (SKM). “And about 5 percent is used by cigarette producers. Because cigarettes are mostly using clove imports,” he said.

According to him, the impact of cigarette tax hike policy that could directly or indirectly. “So I hope that the policy was not to turn off the industrial and non industrial chain. So in the midst of the collapse of targets acceptance in other scores, do not we instead aggravated sector,” please him.

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