Alcohol structures
Seeking views on options to amend the structure of the alcohol duty system so that duty rates better correspond to alcoholic strength.
Detail
The government announced at Spring Budget 2017 that it will consult on options so that duty rates better correspond to alcoholic strength, namely:
- the introduction of a new band to target cheap, high strength ‘white’ ciders, below 7.5% abv
- the impacts of a new lower strength still wine band, to encourage the production and consumption of lower strength wines
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