New rate was set in line with the President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov "On forecast of main macroeconomic figures and parameters of State Budget of Uzbekistan for 2013".

According to the resolution, excise tax for cigarettes from tobacco and its replacement, imported to Uzbekistan, was set at the level of US$18.2 per 1,000 units. Earlier, the excise tax rate was US$13 per 1,000 units.

As earlier reported, the Uzbek government also established new rates of excise taxes for cigarettes with filters at the size of 13,424 soums (earlier 10,739 soums) for 1,000 units and for cigarettes without filters – 6,479 soums (5,183 soums) for 1,000 units.

According to some data, the volume of cigarette market of Uzbekistan makes up 17 billion cigarettes and share of local producer, UzBAT, is 90%.