Several years have passed since the Government began to express plans to impose excise on Packaged Sweetened Drinks (Minuman Berpemanis Dalam Kemasan – MBDK). Consumption of sweetened drinks needs to be controlled primarily for health reasons, namely preventing various risks of non-communicable diseases caused by excessive sugar consumption. This effort has certainly met with resistance from industry, but recently the Ministry of Health has expressed its support and as such the Ministry of Finance is optimistic that it will be able to start implementing this regulation this year.To subscribe please click here
