Release of beer in plastic bottles larger than 1.5 liters is planned to terminate in July 2016 – Kommersant

Chairman of the Board of the Union of Brewers, the head of the Board of Directors of JSC “SUN InBev” Andrew Sponge at a press conference in Moscow said that the companies belonging to the Union of Russian producers of beer and soft drinks, to July 1, 2016 stop, the release of beer in plastic bottles larger than 1.5 liters.

«The Union of Russian Brewers shared public concern about alcohol abuse. As an alternative to the proposed changes to the current legislation of the Russian Brewers Union is voluntary restraint volume of PET packaging for beer production of more than 1.5 liters in accordance with the position that was previously discussed with the Russian government, “- quoted Andrei Sponges on the site of the Union of Russian Brewers.

As previously reported by “Kommersant”, the Brewers have offered to freeze the rates of excise duty on their products in 2016. Such a decision, they argue, it would be fair, given that the Ministry of Finance agreed to keep next year’s current rate on spirits. Support Brewers ready to Ministry of Economy and the Federal Antimonopoly Service.

For more information about the rate of excise duty on beer, read the material “b” “Beer needs a freeze».