Budget Law: Approval of excise duty discounts is crucial support for Italian craft beer production

Rome - The increase in the excise discount for breweries up to 60 thousand hectoliters of annual production becomes reality. The measure, already active for the two-year period 2022-2023, has been strongly requested in several provisions by Unionbirrai, the trade association of small independent craft breweries, especially for small-sized plants. In fact, the amendments to the Budget Law, currently being discussed in Montecitorio, presented by the Lega and Fratelli d’Italia groups with the first signatures of the honorable Mirco Carloni and Mauro Rotelli, have been approved. “With a limited economic intervention, the Government concretely supports national craft beer production, providing the support that for the sector, made up of small and very small businesses, represents a decisive driving force for growth – declares Vittorio Ferraris, general manager of Unionbirrai – A provision that takes on even more importance in light of the particular economic situation that the country ...