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Owing to the variations in the potential sales value of excise goods, reliable estimates of total value are unavailable.Estimates of the value of the tax (excise duty and VAT) on tobacco and alcohol products seized by HMRC and UKBA in each of the last five years are:<Table width="100%" summary="" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="3" border="0"><thead><tr><th>HMRC and UK Border Force tobacco (cigarettes, hand rolling tobacco, chewing tobacco, cigars) seizures</th></tr></thead><TR><TD></TD><TD>Tax (£)</TD></TR><TR><TD>2006-07</TD><TD>273,071,561</TD></TR><TR><TD>2007-08</TD><TD>235,524,495</TD></TR><TR><TD>2008-09</TD><TD>227,577,112</TD></TR><TR><TD>2009-10</TD><TD>205,669,038</TD></TR><TR><TD>2010-11¹</TD><TD>222,758,539</TD></TR><tfoot><TR><td>¹ These figures do not include cigars.</td></TR></tfoot></Table><Table width="100%" summary="" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="3" border="0"><thead><tr><th>HMRC and UK Border Force alcohol (beer, spirits, wine) seizures</th></tr></thead><TR><TD></TD><TD>Tax (£)</TD></TR><TR><TD>2006-07</TD><TD>5,986,701</TD></TR><TR><TD>2007-08</TD><TD>12,908,680</TD></TR><TR><TD>2008-09</TD><TD>11,795,487</TD></TR><TR><TD>2009-10</TD><TD>16,974,974</TD></TR><TR><TD>2010-11</TD><TD>23,951,304</TD></TR></Table> |