Green Tea, Fruit Juice Drinks To Face 10-20% Tax

BANGKOK : -- The Excise Department is contemplating on imposing excise tax on green tea drinks after tea ingredient in the drink is very small that does not help tea farmers.

It is considering 10-20%  tax on such tea drink after it does very little to promote tea farming in the country.

Other drinks sold at convenience stores’ freezers such as fruit juice drinks may also subject to excise tax as very small fruit ingredients in these drinks do very little to promote fruit farmers.