<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 18): The government plans to increase the excise duty rate for sugar-sweetened beverages to 90 sen per litre next year, from 50 sen currently.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>This 40 sen increase, which represents an 80% hike from the current level, was announced by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim when tabling the Budget 2025 on Friday as a measure to support the "war on sugar" movement.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>It is also the second consecutive annual hike in the sugar tax, which was just increased to 50 sen from 40 sen this year — a measure announced in Budget 2024.</p></div><div class=inPageAd id=div-gpt-ad-inpage></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>The sugar tax was introduced in 2019, and was initially levied at 40 sen per litre on ready-to-drink beverages containing more than five grammes of sugar per 100ml.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>Anwar said the additional revenue generated from the tax hike will be channelled towards public health expenditures.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>This includes increasing the supply of SGLT-2 inhibitor drugs for diabetes treatment, expanding access to peritoneal dialysis for end-stage kidney patients and enhancing dialysis centres — including those in Felda communities.</p></div>

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The government plans to increase the excise duty rate for sugar-sweetened beverages to 90 sen per litre next year, from 50 sen currently.

This 40 sen increase, which represents an 80% hike from the current level, was announced by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim when tabling the Budget 2025 on Friday as a measure to support the "war on sugar" movement.

Sugary drink tax to be raised to 90 sen per litre next year, from 50 sen now

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