The excise duty on tobacco is scheduled to be increased by 29.7% in 2018 and then by 20% annually by 2025 until the EU minimum standard, set at EUR 90 per 1,000 pieces, is achieved.
Ukraine's state-owned enterprise Ukrspyrt, which holds a monopoly on the Ukrainian alcohol market, plans to launch exports of vodka of its own production to Germany soon, according to the company's press service.
The State Fiscal Service of Ukraine during searches at six state distilleries in Vinnytsia, Sumy, Ternopil and Kharkiv regions, which are not part of the Ukrspyrt state-owned enterprise, has seized 1,416 tonnes of alcohol-containing products worth over UAH 360 million, the press service of the agency said.