KIEV, Oct. 1 – Illegal tobacco imports are not a great problem for Ukraine, as tobacco is more likely to be illegally exported from Ukraine to the European Union, according to Ukraine's State Customs Service.

January through August, customs officers seized 35.4 million cigarettes, or 1.8 million packs, Andriy Fedkin, the director of the State Customs Service anti-smuggling department, said at a press conference in Kiev on Thursday.