Legistation will be introduced in Finance Bill 2008 to provide for the annual setting of duty rates for alcohol. Duty rates will increase by 6% in real terms for all alcoholic drinks. The impact of the changes on retail prices for typical alcoholic drinks and tobacco products is equivalent to:
• 55 pence on a 70cl bottle of spirits @ 37.5% abv
• 4 pence on a pint of beer
• 3 pence on a litre of still cider
• 14 pence on a 75cl bottle of sparkling cider
• 14 pence on a 75cl bottle of wine or made-wine
• 18 pence on a 75cl bottle of sparkling wine
• cigarettes: 11 p on a packet of 20
• cigars: 4p on a packet of 5
• hand-rolling tobacco: 11p on 25g
• 6p on 25g of pipe tobacco.
