Tourism in the south of Gran Canaria is the great engine of the islands' economy. But the tobacco industry has not raised its head in terms of sales to tourists since the Canary Islands Administration has decided to hinder exports when other European tourist destinations have maintained the fiscal pressure prior to 2020. It is true that the Gothic companies that operate in the tobacco sector tobacco in the Canary Islands see the islands as mere extractive platforms while the traditional Canary Islands have to endure their opacity when it comes to convincing the tourist authorities of the south of Gran Canaria to support them: they chatter in Las Palmas to make a living from Maspalomas.
From January 1, 2024, heated tobacco, smokeless tobacco, liquids for electronic cigarettes with and without nicotine, as well as nicotine bags for oral use) are taxed and the tax rates of headings 1 are increased. (Cigars and cigarillos), 2 (Black cigarettes) and 4 (black rolling pin). The losers of everything are the traditional Canarian companies in the industrial tobacco sector that have always had the tourism sector as an ally.
And the consequences are that taxes increase in Las Palmas and they sell less to tourism. The accumulated collection of the Tobacco Labor Tax (ILT) until April 2024, which amounts to 46,4 million, has experienced a decrease of 2,16% compared to the collection registered in the same period of fiscal year 2023, and growth 23,88% and 68,20% compared to that registered in the same period of 2022 and 2021, respectively. The accumulated collection until April 2023 grew by 26,62% compared to the same period in 2022.
The collection for the month of April, which amounts to 8,6 million, presents a decrease of 3,26% compared to that registered in the same month of 2023 and increases of 12,08% and 17,54% with respect to the registered in April 2022 and 2021, respectively. The collection for the month of April of fiscal year 2023 also registered a growth of 15,85% compared to the same month of 2022. The collection of this tax is linked to domestic tobacco consumption. In this sense, it must be taken into account that cigarette consumption has been decreasing year after year for almost two decades.
The accumulated collection of the Arbitration on Imports and Deliveries of Goods (AIEM) until April 2024 reaches the figure of 93,8 million and presents increases of 4,05%, 33,08% and 69,27% with respect to the same period of the fiscal years 2023, 2022 and 2021, respectively. Likewise, the accumulated collection until April 2023 increases by 27,90% compared to the same period in 2022. The AIEM collection in the month of April 2024, which amounts to 24,8 million, is 6,36%, 47,86 .77,57% and 2023% higher than that registered in April 2022, 2021 and 2023, respectively. The collection for April 39,02 also increased by 2022% compared to April XNUMX.
Finally, the Special Tax on Certain Means of Transport (IEDMT) presents an accumulated collection until April 2024 of 5,6 million, which represents a decrease of 22,57%, compared to the same period in 2023 and increases of 6,86 .0,64% and 2022% compared to the same period in 2021 and 2023, respectively. The accumulated collection until April 38,01 increased by 2022% compared to the same period in XNUMX
