VIDEO: Get Ready To Rise Prices, Sweetened Drinks In Packages Will Be Excise

VIDEO: Get Ready To Rise Prices, Sweetened Drinks In Packages Will Be Excise

JAKARTA - For those who like sweet drinks, get ready to spend more. This is because the government will impose an excise on packaged sweetened drinks (MBDK) in 2024. The idea of imposing excise duty actually existed in 2016 regarding the influence of sweetened drinks on public health. Moreover, the potential of excise is quite large for the state.

Minister of Finance, Sri Mulyani once conveyed to Commission IX of the DPR RI, the potential for revenue from MBDK excise could reach Rp6.25 trillion. The excise tariff proposed at that time was Rp. 1,500/liter. From the Ministry of Finance's data alone, packaged tea production reaches 2,191 million liters per year. This means the potential for state money income is Rp. 2.7 trillion.

Chairman of the Association of Light Drinks Industry (Asrim) Triyono Prijosoesilo told VOI that the current soft drink industry is not ready if the government imposes a sweetened beverage excise. The government must look deeper, whether this is the right policy.

"Because ready-to-eat drinks are categorized as processed food. In addition to drinks, many food products also contain sugar. If the government only focuses on ready-to-eat drinks, the big goal will not be achieved. So if this is applied, we from fast-to-eat beverage producers will be affected. That is, we will be subject to an additional burden of paying excise," said Triyono Prijosoesilo. Watch the video below.