General trade

"General trade" is doublespeak widely used within the tobacco industry referring to criminal tobacco smuggling organized by tobacco companies. Other phrases used for the same purpose include:


 * Duty Not Paid or "DNP"
 * Transit,
 * Parallel Market
 * Second Channel
 * Border trade

Related Sourcewatch resources

 * Patanegra cigarettes
 * Report on Smuggling Control in Spain (Summary of published paper produced for the World Health Organization)