the price increase will not apply to sparkling wines
next year in Russia for all wine, except sparkling, may be fixed minimum price. The initial cost of a bottle of 0.75 l will be at the level of 200-250 rubles. The proposal will relate to the so-called “quiet” wines and will not apply to sparkling wine. Earlier, the Finance Ministry wanted to raise the excise tax on wine is doubled.
the Director of the Department for food and processing industry of the Ministry of agriculture of the Russian Federation at the summit of winemakers have told to correspondents “KP that the Ministry of agriculture provides in 2017 to set a minimum price for wine. According to officials, it will allow “to develop the domestic viticulture and winemaking”.
To the end of the year the price of wine in Russia will not grow, — said the President of the Union of winegrowers and winemakers of Russia (SVVR) Leonid Popovich. He noted that in the case of increasing excise taxes on a number of wine products, which is planned by the Ministry of agriculture, some businesses can go for higher prices for their wine. “If we excise taxes will increase in two times, increase in prices (some companies in the future) 10-20% is inevitable,” said Popovich.
Earlier, the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation in the project “Main directions of tax policy for the 2017-2019 biennium.” suggested to increase excise taxes on several alcoholic beverages. So, half increase the excise tax from 9 to 18 rubles for the “quiet wine”: that is, for all but sparkling wines (champagne), fruit wines, wine drinks produced without the addition of rectified ethyl alcohol produced from food raw material, alcoholized grape or other fruit mash, wine or fruit distillate.
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