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SCOTCH INDUSTRY WELCOMES REDUCED DISCRIMINATION | ||
| The Scotch Whisky industry welcomed the Chancellor’s freeze on spirits duty which, combined with duty rises on other drinks, narrowed the duty discrimination against Scotch Whisky and other spirits. | |||
| The Scotch Whisky Association was pleased that the Chancellor recognised ‘the competitive position of the spirits industry’. | |||
| The Association’s Director General, Hugh Morison, said: “The government’s own economic advisors reported at the end of last year that spirits were highly price sensitive, and we are delighted that this advice was heeded by the Chancellor. | |||
| “Ultimately
the Treasury is going to have to tackle the growth of cross-Channel shopping through
lowering duty rates, but tonight the industry will raise a glass in toast of a further
step towards a modern tax system and the removal over time of duty discrimination.”
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