british american tobacco australia - British American Tobacco Australia
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High Court finds government takes tobacco brands
British American Tobacco Australia (BATA) said it was pleased the High Court had today found that its trademarks, patents, designs, copyrights and brands such as Winfield and Dunhill constitute property.
$1 billion in lost taxes could fill a big budget hole
An annual report into the size of illegal tobacco problem found a significant shift in the black market with criminal gangs now smuggling three times the amount of counterfeit and contraband cigarettes into Australia than the previous year.
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Illicit trade
The illegal tobacco black market is equal to 13.4% of the legal market costing taxpayers a close to $1 billion last year in forgone excise.