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Mongolia Illicit Cigarette Data 2017-2018

Mongolia, 2017 - 2018
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mng-reep-micd-2017-2018-v1
Producer(s)
Research on the Economics of Excisable Products, National Cancer Council of Mongolia
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Research Unit on the Economics of Excisable Products
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    • Identification

    Survey ID number
    mng-reep-micd-2017-2018-v1
    Title
    Mongolia Illicit Cigarette Data 2017-2018
    Country
    Name Country code
    Mongolia mng
    Study type
    Socio-Economic/Monitoring Survey [hh/sems]
    Series Information
    Research on the Economics of Excisable Products (REEP). Mongolia Illicit Cigarette Data 2017-2018 [dataset]. Version 1. Cape Town: REEP; Ulaanbaatar: National Cancer Council of Mongolia [producers], 2019. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2019. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25828/cd03-3229
    Abstract
    The Mongolian Parliament increased the import duty on tobacco products by 30% on 1 May 2017 and increased the tobacco excise tax by 10% on 1 January 2018. The University of Cape Town based project Research on the Economics of Excisable Products (REEP) undertook a study to measure changes in tobacco tax evasion after the tax increase by calculating the extent of illicit cigarette sales before and after these tax increases. The method used was to collect discarded cigarette packages before and after the tax increase in selected Mongolian cities and analyse the information provided on these packages. A cigarette pack was identified as illicit if it had no excise tax stamp. Discarded cigarette packs were collected in the capital city (Ulaanbaatar) and in two provinces with international borders, Dornod (bordering with China) and Bayan Ulgii (bordering with Russia). Packs were also inspected for pictorial health warnings to assess if manufacturers were complying with the pictorial health warning laws. Collection for Round 1 happened in April 2017, round 2 in September 2017 and round 3 in April 2018. 7494 packs were collected before the tax increases and 5852 packs were collected after the tax increases. Cigarettes without tax stamp were shown to have been produced in Mongolia, but also in Korea, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan.

    This dataset was made available under the SALDRU/Economics of Tobacco Control Project: Opening Access to Economic Data to Prevent Tobacco- and Alcohol Related Diseases in Africa 2016-2018 (IDRC Project 108098)
    Kind of Data
    Observation data
    Unit of Analysis
    Other

    Version

    Version Description
    v1: Edited data for public distribution
    Version Date
    2019

    Scope

    Notes

    Data was collected from information on discarded cigarette packs collected in Mongolia, and included cigarette brand, existence of a tax stamp and health warning, manufacturer, and country of origin.

    Keywords
    tobacco products imports exports illicit cigarettes illicit trade

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage
    The study covered the capital city of Mongolia (Ulaanbaatar) and cities in two provinces with international borders, Dornod (bordering with China) and Bayan Ulgii (bordering with Russia).
    Geographic Unit
    The lowest level of geographic aggregation covered by the data is city

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name Affiliation
    Research on the Economics of Excisable Products University of Cape Town
    National Cancer Council of Mongolia
    Funding Agency/Sponsor
    Name Role
    Cancer Research UK funder

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End Cycle
    2017-04 2017-04 Round 1
    2017-09 2017-09 Round 2
    2018-04 2018-04 Round 3
    Data Collection Mode
    • Other [oth]
    Data Collection Notes
    The study used information on cigarette packs discarded before and after the tax increases to estimate the extent of the illicit cigarette trade in Mongolia. Discarded cigarette packs were collected across 3 rounds of data collection in the capital city of Ulaanbaatar and in 2 provinces with international borders: Dornod, on the border with China, and Bayan Ulgii, bordering with Russia and close to Kazakhstan. In Ulaanbaatar districts are divided into khoroos, and the provinces are divided into baghs. The starting point for pack collection in each khoroo/bagh was the same in all rounds. Packs were collected from the ground or from the top of waste bins. The collection team had a the quota of 80 packs in an area. Once they had reached this quota they continued to another starting point in the same khoroo/bagh.

    access_policy

    Access authority
    Name Affiliation URL Email
    DataFirst University of Cape Town support@data1st.org
    Access conditions
    Public use files, available to all
    Citation requirements
    Research on the Economics of Excisable Products. Mongolia Illicit Cigarette Data 2017-2018 [dataset]. Version 1. Cape Town: Research on the Economics of Excisable Products (REEP); Ulaanbaatar: National Cancer Council of Mongolia [producers], 2019. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2019. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25828/cd03-3229

    Contacts

    Contacts
    Name Affiliation Email URL
    DataFirst Helpdesk University of Cape Town support@data1st.org

    Metadata production

    Producers
    Name Affiliation Role
    DataFirst University of Cape Town Metadata producer
    Date of Metadata Production
    2020-06-02

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version
    Version 2
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