UK-CPTPP deal to axe 80% whisky tariff - The Spirits Business
The UK has agreed to join a trade bloc of 11 countries, which will remove the 80% tariff on whisky exports to Malaysia.
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The UK has agreed to join a trade bloc of 11 countries, which will remove the 80% tariff on whisky exports to Malaysia.
CPTPP is a free trade agreement (FTA) that was agreed in 2018 between 11 countries - Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam. Britain will become the 12th member, and the first to join since the partnership since its inception.
WHISKY bosses have welcomed the UK's new membership of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).
Bairds Malt's newest maltings in Inverness are now up and running and it should be running at full capacity from sometime this month.
The Scotch whisky industry welcomed the UK’s accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).