Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) — Starting from 1 January 2025, excise tax rates on tobacco and alcohol products in Uzbekistan will be indexed.

The excise tax on ethyl alcohol will be set at 15,000 soums per liter of finished product, both for imports and domestic production.

For alcoholic beverages such as vodka, brandy, and others, the excise tax will be 76,000 soums per liter for imports and 44,000 soums per liter for domestic production, effective from January 1, 2025.

The tax on natural wines will be 14,000 soums per liter for imports and 5,000 soums per liter for domestic production. Meanwhile, for other wines, the excise will be 20,000 soums per liter for imports and 6,000 soums per liter for production.

Regarding beer, from 1 January 2025, the excise tax on imported beer will be 20,000 soums per liter, while the rate for local producers will be 2,000 soums per liter.

Additionally, new excise tax rates have been introduced for cigarettes, cigarettes, cigarillos, bidis, and kreteks. For local producers, the rate will be 300,000 soums per 1,000 units, and for imported goods, it will be 330,000 soums per 1,000 units. Starting from 1 July 2025, this rate will increase to 340,000 soums per 1,000 units for both domestic and imported products.

The excise tax on cigars will be set at 20,000 soums per unit. New rates have also been introduced for hookah tobacco and smoking tobacco — 600,000 soums per kilogram, and for chewing, snuff, and sucking tobacco — 382,000 soums per kilogram.

For heated tobacco products, the excise tax will be 450,000 soums per kilogram, and for snus, it will be 154,000 soums per kilogram.