Changes in the fee tax means that consumers in the United Kingdom are facing the possibility of wine prices on some bottles as of February 2025, and it has advised the most prominent members of trade.
The UK's wine and soul association (WSTA) said that the system of the Localing Duty -based duty will be extended to many wines that are still for the first time on February 1, and alcohol duties will also end with inflation.
He added that the recycling fees for the new waste mobilization are part of it It is expected that you will expect the responsibility for the responsibility of the product extending in April.
She said that “dual four -tax tournaments” could raise the price of a bottle of 14.5 % of ABV wine by 80 pence.
'UK companies warn customers that they cannot accommodate another round of tax increases, and therefore consumers should expect to pay a higher price for their favorite Tipple.
New fees for fixed wine in February 2025
The UK government has implemented a new system that is widely calculated by alcohol based on the strength of the drink in August 2023, although the “temporary easement” allows it with wine that still ranges between 11.5 % and 14.5 % of the size (ABV). Another 18 months.
In February 2025, this individual tax will be replaced by 30 different tax divisions, according to WSTA.
He said that the 75CL bottle is 14.5 % of the wine will increase by 20 %, or 54 pence, if the tax tax is increased with inflation, WSTA said.
The service will increase on a bottle by 13.5 % ABV wine by 12 %, but working on a bottle by 11.5 % of the wine will decrease by approximately 5 %, and showed WSTA modeling in late 2024.
It is less necessary for low -strength alcoholic drinks under the new system, and some health activists welcomed alcohol fees.
“Death with a thousand pieces”
Wine trade leaders have warned of the burden of managing the new system. 'Hull Wilson, founder of Cambridge Wayne, a merchant, said in my work, this looks like a death in a thousand pieces, or even two thousand pieces.
'We sell more than 2000 different wine every year, and from February, we will need to know the accurate ABV for each one before he can calculate his full cost.
Some merchants have sent alerts to customers in recent days about the upcoming changes, if they want to buy bottles or launch cases of storage in Brund before the deadline.
Retail dealers informed the members of the wine association in January that they will keep prices for special suitability, but other alcohols are scheduled to increase from February 3.
Steve Finlan, CEO of Decanter, told DeCanter that the retail seller's model has helped him keep the vast majority of wine prices since May 2023, despite the “unprecedented pressure” on prices.
'The new increases will inevitably lead to high prices, although we will aim to maintain the largest possible number in 2025. “
He also added, “The complete absence of associated thinking means that the duty must be added to the increase in national insurance contributions, the high business prices and the introduction of the responsibility of the extended product. It is a tsunami of costs that only continue to assault governments on the wine industry.
