Cider: Excise Duties
(asked on 26th October 2021) - View Source
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing a progressive duty system for small cider producers.
This question was answered on 3rd November 2021
As announced at Autumn Budget 2021, the Government will build on Small Brewers Relief to extend small producer reliefs, including to cidermakers. The technical details of our new small producer reliefs will be finalised through the alcohol duty review consultation process.
The Government will explore the merits of increasing the minimum juice content through our alcohol duty review consultation.