The Romanian Government yesterday gave the green light for an increase in excise tax on alcohol, cigarettes and oil. The new rates will come into force from the first of July this year.
Excise duties on ethyl alcohol and distilled alcoholic beverages will rise to €150 (US$172.8) per hectolitre of pure alcohol, from the current €108.4.
Beer tax will also increase with that produced by brewers with an annual production of between 100,000 hl and 200,000 hl, increased to €0.53 per hl per Plato degree. For annual capacities between 50,000 hl and 100,000 hl, the increased excise duties will be €0.50 per hl per Plato degree, while for annual productions of up to 50,000 hl, the excise duties will be €0.47 per hl per Plato degree.
Wine tax is also up with sparkling wines and special wines bearing excise duties of €2.80 per hl per alcohol degree. But excise duties on non-sparkling wines will be reduced to €0.30 euro per hl per alcohol degree from the current €0.55.
