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Australia: New definition of beer and wine leads to import duty increase

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13 Aug 2009

The Government of Australia made new definitions for beers and wines identifying certain beer-based and wine-based drinks as alcopops. This change lead to the increase of import duties on these products.

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1

1 certainly harmful

0 likely harmful

0 liberalising

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Implementation date

13 Aug 2009

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No revocation date

Updated: 13 Aug 2009
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On August 13, 2009, the Australian government passed the Customs Tariff Amendment (2009 Measures No. 1) Bill including in the definitions for beer and wine which now include those beer-ba...

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