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Legal Affairs Committee approves 20% fuel excise cut to tackle rising oil prices

Pandi Skaka — Mon, 04 May 2026 13:10:07 +0000

TIRANA, May 4/ATA/ The Legal Affairs Committee approved a normative act for a 20% excise duty reduction on fuel to counter high retail prices caused by rising international market rates.

Amid rising international oil prices driven by Middle East tensions, Deputy Minister of Finance Andi Mehmeti announced government measures to shield consumers from fuel hikes.

According to Mehmeti, the intervention aims to stabilize the market and keep the retail prices of gasoline and diesel under control, through a combination of setting ceiling prices and reducing taxes.

Mehmeti emphasized that a 20% reduction in excise duty will be automatically triggered if gasoline exceeds 200 Lekë/liter and diesel exceeds 220 Lekë/liter.

The proposed changes will lower the gasoline excise tax from 39.7 to approximately 31.5 lekë per liter, marking a reduction of roughly 7.3 lekë per liter. /m.q/j.p/p.s./

Fiscal package 2023 proposes unification of excise on beer

Pandi Skaka — Fri, 14 Oct 2022 14:45:26 +0000

TIRANA, October 14/ATA/ The Ministry of Finance and Economy proposes in the fiscal package for 2023 the unification of the excise tax on beer, for domestic and foreign producers, regardless of the production quantity.

According to the draft provided by ATA, this measure will increase the level of excise duty from ALL 360/HL to ALL 710/HL/alcoholometric scale.

According to the current law, producers with a production capacity below 200 thousand hectoliters pay 15 ALL excise duty per liter, while above this limit 30 ALL per liter.

This proposal is in line with the provisions of the Council Directive 92/83/EEC of October 19, 1992 “On the harmonization of excise structures for alcohol and alcoholic beverages”, as well as with the recommendations of the IMF for the unification of tariffs.

The band on beer excise duty was originally intended to protect domestic beer from imports, but experts say it became a source of evasion, as the band was used for underreporting. /j.p/p.s./

Excise revenues were 16% more in 2021 than in 2020

Pandi Skaka — Sun, 13 Feb 2022 09:21:58 +0000

TIRANA, February 13 /ATA/ During 2021, the excise revenues were realized in the amount of 51.6 billion lekë, 7.1 billion lekë or 16% more than in 2020, as well as 2.2 billion lekë or 4.5% more than the excise plan for the 12 months of 2021.

According to the report issued by the Ministry of Finance and Economy on fiscal indicators, the increase in fuel and cigarette imports had a significant positive impact on excise revenues.

Total revenues for the 12-month period of 2021 were realized at the rate of 510 billion or 101% of the 12-month plan. If compared to a year ago, revenues have increased by 84.5 billion lekë.

Total public expenditures, for 2021, amounted to about 596.2 billion lekë with a realization of 94.9 percent of the annual plan.

If compared to the same period of 2020, this item has been 11.1 percent higher or about 59.7 billion more.

Meanwhile, the level of deficit for 2021 resulted in about 85.8 billion lekë./p.s./

Excise on tobacco to get increased by 5 Lekë

Pandi Skaka — Tue, 02 Nov 2021 11:57:01 +0000

TIRANA, November 2/ATA/ The government proposed amendments to the law “On excises” provides for the drafting of a new schedule to increase the level of excise duty on tobacco and its by-products for the period 2022-2025, in order to approximate the level of excise duty applied in the EU, aiming and a unification of the level of excise duty between tobacco and its by-products.

Minister of Finance and Economy Delina Ibrahimaj presented the proposed changes in the Parliamentary Committee on Economy and Finance.

“In the new excise schedule, an annual increase of 250 Lekë / kg, according to the unit for evaluation of tobacco, 5 Lekë per package. It is also foreseen an annual increase of 2 Lekë / ml for liquid nicotine, as well as an annual increase of 500 Lekë / kg for nicotine in bags, tobacco with heat and bottles, hookah “, said the minister.

From the increase of excise in the group of tobacco, it is predicted annual effect on the increase of excise revenues about 750 million Lekë. /j.p/p.s./

Excise revenues got increased by 18 %

Pandi Skaka — Tue, 14 Sep 2021 12:22:26 +0000

TIRANA, September 14 /ATA/ Excise revenues were realized in the amount of 33.4 billion Lekë during the period January-August of the current year.

The Ministry of Finance and Economy reported that excise revenues are 5.1 billion Lekë or 18% more than in 2020, as well as 1.9 billion Lekë or 5.9% more than the excise plan for the 8-month period of the current year.

According to the Ministry of Finance, the increase in excise revenues was influenced by the increase in fuel imports by 2.8 billion Lekë, the increase in cigarette imports by 2 billion Lekë and the increase in beer imports by about 180 million Lekë. /a.a/p.s./

Revenues from excise amount to 44.6 billion Lek/ Ministry of Finance: Tobacco production increased by 41%, but fuels fell by 66%

Pandi Skaka — Fri, 12 Feb 2021 10:49:32 +0000

TIRANA, February 12 /ATA/ Excise revenues were realized in the amount of 44.6 billion Lek. Referring to the fiscal indicators published by the Ministry of Finance and Economy, revenues from this item result in 2.2 billion Lek or 4.7% less than in 2019.

A significant impact on excise revenues has been played by the domestically produced tobacco product which had an increase of 12 tons, or 41% with an effect of 41 million Lek more than last year.

Excisable products that had a negative impact are domestically produced fuels, with a decrease of 57.7 thousand tons or 66.5% compared to last year, bringing a negative effect on excise by 2.4 billion Lek.

Reimbursed excise is estimated at 0.55 billion Lek or 35.2% of reimbursed excise in the same period in 2019./p.s./