Klaipėdos aps. VPK
“We record opposite trends in to those in other areas. As the economy is growing and people’s incomes are increasing, the overall level of shadow economy in Lithuania is on the decline and this year accounts for about a quarter of the gross domestic product,” LFMI Vice President Vytautas Žukauskas sad at a news conference on Thursday.
“Shadow activity in the alcohol market, on the contrary, has picked up,” he said.
The LFMI estimates that the share of shadow activity in the strong beverage market rose to 24 percent this year, from 22 percent in 2015. By comparison, the share of shadow activity in the whole economy fell to 24 percent, from 26 percent two years ago.
“When legal alcohol becomes more expensive, people look for alternatives. One of them is (to buy drinks) in the shadow (market) and the other is to buy them legally in neighbouring countries,” Žukauskas said.
“Forecasts have proved to be correct: following a sharp tax hike in Lithuania, an increasing number of people buy legal alcohol and thus pay taxes in neighbouring countries,” he added.
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