Excise rates on alcoholic beverages and tobacco have been increased, and hookah…

From today, excise rates on excisable goods imported into the territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan have been increased.

This is reflected in the decision of the Cabinet of Ministers dated March 14 in the “Excise rates on excisable goods imported into the territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan.”

According to the decision, for non-denatured ethyl alcohol (80 percent by volume) and or with a high alcohol content, denatured ethyl alcohol with a concentration of less than 80 percent), the excise rate was raised from 5.2 to 6 manat per liter.

Excise rate grape wine and or from 7.2 to 8 manats per liter for alcoholic tinctures obtained as a result of distillation of grape pulp, from 11.2 to 12 manats per liter for whiskey.

From today, the excise rate on cigarettes containing tobacco and cigarettes containing tobacco substitutes 1000 was raised from 43.0 to 46.5 manat.

Excise rate on tobacco consumed as a result of heating (steam) and tobacco products 10It was raised from 12.9 to 14 manat for 00 units.

Tobacco for hookah and tobacco substitutes, other smoking tobacco, except for industrial tobacco, “homogenized” and or “restored” tobacco, chewed and or the excise rate on snuff will be 30 manat per 1 kg.

Hookah and The excise rate was set at 0.25 manat for one of their substitutes.

At the same time, “Commodity nomenclature of foreign economic activity of the Republic of Azerbaijan, rates of import customs duties and Rates of export customs duties ”were changed. According to the decision, which will be valid until December 31, 2024, 1 US dollar per kilogram of tobacco substitutes for imported hookahs. dollarsThe customs duty was set. Also imported disposable e-cigarettes, hookahs and 15% customs duty will be applied to each of their substitutes.

These decisions come into force 30 days after their publication, ie from today.