OREANDA-NEWS. August 08, 2011. Bringing of a level of the minimal wholesale and retail prices for domestic alcoholic drinks into accord with actual expenses for their manufacture and realization will serve as prevention of manufacture and a turn of falsification. The appropriating Decree of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine "On Amendments in addition to the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine dated October 30, 2008 № 957", developed by the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine and adopted at the meeting of Government.

The operating level of floor prices for separate types of alcoholic drinks is certain in view of a net cost of their manufacture and realization, excise and other tax payments operated in the end of 2009.

Since time of the last of updating of a level of floor prices the price index of manufacturers of an industrial output has made 139,8 % (2010 - June, 2011), and in view of forecast macroparameters of economic and social development of Ukraine for 2011 by the end of year this parameter will make 143 %; the prices for spirit ethyl and wine raw material which in structure of floor prices for alcoholic drinks take about 20 %, have grown more than twice; there was an increase of rates of the excise duty, in particular on vodka, in glass container in capacity 0,7 and 0, 75 l on 6,9 %, cognacs on 42,9 % and so on.

The regulation stipulates increase of floor prices on separate types of alcoholic drinks of a domestic production on 25-50 % depending on a type of the goods.