In 2023, excise tax revenues from alcoholic beverages produced in Ukraine and imported into the country’s customs territory amounted to UAH 10.1 billion, which is 20.7% higher than in 2022 and almost 2 times higher than the revenue figure of UAH 5.2 billion planned by the Ministry of Finance.
According to Danylo Hetmantsev, Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Finance, Taxation and Customs Policy, in a Telegram message on Monday, the Ministry of Finance’s revenue targets were met in all months from January to December 2023 without exception.
Hetmantsev noted that excise tax revenues from alcoholic beverages in 2023 were almost 12% (UAH 1 billion) higher than in pre-war 2021, when they amounted to UAH 9.0 billion. At the same time, the excise tax rate increased by only 5% – from UAH 126.96 to UAH 133.31 per 1 liter of 100% alcohol from March 1, 2022.
According to him, sales volumes of vodka and alcoholic beverages in the domestic market, according to 2-RS reports, amounted to 20.6 million dal in January-November 2023, which is 26% or 4.3 million dal more than in the corresponding period of 2022.
At the same time, revenue from the sale of alcoholic beverages through cash registers almost doubled by the end of 2023 – UAH 13.9 billion in December against UAH 7.5 billion in January.
As reported, last week, the head of the Verkhovna Rada’s Financial Committee said that the Ukrainian authorities failed to solve the problem of the illegal tobacco market, despite exceeding the plan for state budget revenues in 2023 by UAH 9.7 billion. He initiated open committee hearings on the illegal tobacco market, to which he invited business, the public and government agencies. The date of the hearings has not yet been determined.
