Strong demand despite increased excise duty

May 05, 2010
By Ella Karapetyan

TALLINN - Despite the excise duty on alcohol going up starting in January this year, Estonian alcohol producers have been working at full capacity to meet the demands of its customers. According to Ivar Aus, chairman of Altia Eesti, the second largest alcohol producer in Estonia, however, the company expected the first three or four months of 2010 to be very quiet, since all major alcohol retailers still have large stocks of alcohol. Aus said that advance sales usually make up 50 per ...

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