UK: HMRC seizes over one million litres of wine
UK: HMRC seizes over one million litres of wine
Feb 16, 2011 6
More than 1.8 million litres of illicit wine have been seized by HMRC and the UK Borders Authority since the 'Tackling Alcohol Fraud' strategy was introduced in April 2010, the Government has revealed, but it says it does not know the total volume of wine sold in the UK on which UK duty and VAT had not been paid.
A parliamentary question tabled by Lib Dem MP Dan Rogerson on behalf of the FWD asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what his estimate was of the cost to the public purse of wine fraud in the latest period for which figures are available, and what recent steps he has taken to mitigate wine fraud.
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