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Treasury

Answer

Sir Peter Emery: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the level of excise duty expressed in £ sterling per litre on (a) whisky, (b) gin, (c) wine and (d) fortified wine in (i) the United Kingdom and (ii) each member state of the European Union in (1) 1992, (2) 1995 and (3) 1998. [34037] Dawn Primarolo: [holding answer 16 March 1998]: The levels of excise duty are set out in the tables. Spirits _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 January 1993 29 March 1995 1 June 1997 Country Ecu £ (lpa) £ litre £ litre Ecu £ (lpa) £ litre £ litre Ecu £ (lpa) £ litre £ litre (lpa) at 40% at 37.5% (lpa) at 40% at 37.5% (lpa) at 40% at 37.5% Austria n/a n/a n/a n/a 7.39 6.02 2.41 2.26 7.41 5.10 2.04 1.91 Belgium 15.66 12.40 4.96 4.65 16.07 13.08 5.23 4.91 16.96 11.67 4.67 4.38 Germany 13.16 10.42 4.17 3.90 13.27 10.80 4.32 4.05 13.29 9.14 3.66 3.43 Denmark 18.80 14.88 5.95 5.58 18.98 15.45 6.18 5.79 19.42 13.36 5.34 5.01 Greece 5.49 4.35 1.74 1.63 5.50 4.48 1.79 1.68 9.60 6.60 2.64 2.48 Spain 5.78 4.58 1.83 1.72 5.52 4.49 1.80 1.66 7.06 4.85 1.94 1.82 Finland n/a n/a n/a n/a 50.16 40.83 16.33 15.31 52.24 35.93 14.37 13.47 France 11.74 9.30 3.72 3.49 13.81 11.25 4.50 4.22 14.64 10.07 4.03 3.78 United 24.85 19.81 7.92 7.43 26.42 20.60 8.24 7.73 23.60 18.99 7.60 7.12 Kingdom Ireland 26.77 21.19 8.48 7.95 27.57 22.45 8.98 8.42 27.69 19.04 7.61 7.14 Italy 5.50 4.36 1.74 1.64 5.93 4.83 1.93 1.81 6.09 4.19 1.68 1.57 Luxembourg 10.11 8.00 3.20 3.00 10.63 8.65 3.46 3.24 10.63 7.31 2.92 2.74 Netherlands 14.34 11.35 4.54 4.26 15.40 12.54 5.02 4.70 15.40 10.59 4.24 3.97 Portugal 7.27 5.75 2.30 2.16 7.15 5.82 2.33 2.18 8.20 5.64 2.26 2.12 Sweden n/a n/a n/a n/a 51.32 41.78 16.71 15.67 59.21 40.72 16.29 15.27 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Fortified Wine (Litre) _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 January 1993 29 March 1995 1 June 1997 Country Ecu £ Ecu £ Ecu £ Austria n/a n/a 0.52 0.42 0.52 0.36 Belgium 0.67 0.53 0.68 0.56 1.01 0.70 Germany 0.52 0.41 0.52 0.42 1.04 0.72 Denmark 2.20 1.74 1.31 1.06 1.39 0.95 Greece 0.45 0.36 0.45 0.37 0.45 0.31 Spain 0.46 0.36 0.45 0.37 0.47 0.32 Finland n/a n/a 8.36 6.81 8.71 5.99 France 1.80 1.43 2.13 1.74 2.16 1.48 United Kingdom 2.76 2.20 2.57 2.01 2.33 1.87 Ireland 3.94 3.12 3.94 3.21 3.97 2.73 Italy 0.45 0.36 0.45 0.37 0.50 0.34 Luxembourg 0.67 0.53 0.68 0.56 0.68 0.47 Netherlands 0.84 0.67 0.87 0.71 0.87 0.60 Portugal nil nil 0.41 0.33 0.48 0.33 Sweden n/a n/a 4.71 3.83 5.33 3.69 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Wine (Litre) _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 January 1993 29 March 1995 1 June 1997 Country Ecu £ Ecu £ Ecu £ Austria n/a n/a nil nil nil nil Belgium 0.36 0.29 0.37 0.30 0.48 0.33 Germany nil nil nil nil nil nil Denmark 0.86 0.68 0.87 0.71 0.92 0.64 Greece nil nil nil nil nil nil Spain nil nil nil nil nil nil Finland n/a n/a 2.84 2.31 2.96 2.04 France 0.033 0.03 0.035 0.03 0.039 0.03 United Kingdom 1.66 1.32 1.80 1.40 1.75 1.40 Ireland 2.72 2.15 2.58 2.10 2.74 1.88 Italy nil nil nil nil nil nil Luxembourg nil nil nil nil nil nil Netherlands 0.49 0.38 0.50 0.41 0.50 0.34 Portugal nil nil nil nil nil nil Sweden n/a n/a 2.84 2.31 3.21 2.21 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

34037; 308 c582W

Session

1997-98

Subjects

Alcoholic drinks EU countries Excise duties Wines Whisky

Contains statistics

Yes