The government has revised the regulations regarding production losses and the yield of alcohol and alcoholic beverages.

During the latest meeting, the government made amendments to the regulatory acts governing production losses and the yield of alcohol, alcoholic distillates, and alcoholic beverages. As reported by the Cabinet representative in the Verkhovna Rada, Taras Melnychuk, adjustments were made to the resolutions of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine dated October 28, 2022, and November 22, 2022.

The changes pertain to the norms of production losses for ethyl alcohol, including bioethanol, as well as for alcoholic distillates, wine materials, and juices in the production of alcoholic beverages. The government resolutions were aligned with the requirements of the Tax Code of Ukraine and Law No. 3817.

Particular attention was given to the loss norms for 100% alcohol adjusted to a temperature of 20°C during gin production. These norms complemented the relevant resolutions previously approved.

“Amendments have been made to the Cabinet resolutions dated 28.10.2022 No. 1218 ‘On the approval of norms for production losses and the yield of ethyl alcohol, including bioethanol’ and dated 22.11.2022 No. 1310 ‘On the approval of norms for production losses and the yield of alcoholic distillates, norms for losses of alcohol, wine materials, juices in the production of alcoholic beverages, and norms for production losses of certain types of alcoholic beverages’ in order to bring them into compliance with the provisions of the Tax Code of Ukraine and Law No. 3817-IX ‘On state regulation of the production and circulation of ethyl alcohol, alcoholic distillates, bioethanol, alcoholic beverages, tobacco products, tobacco raw materials, liquids used in electronic cigarettes, and fuel.’ Among other things, the norms for production losses and yield of alcoholic distillates, norms for losses of alcohol, wine materials, juices in the production of alcoholic beverages, and norms for production losses of certain types of alcoholic beverages, approved by the Cabinet resolution dated 22.11.2022 No. 1310, were supplemented with the loss norms for 100% alcohol adjusted to a temperature of 20°C during gin production,” the statement reads.