The government updated the Specific Internal Tax (Imesi) and increased this tax in the fuels, beverages, cigarettes and tobacco, according to a decree published in late December. This update begins to take effect as of this Monday, according to El País.
With regard to beverages, there is an increase in 6.8% per bottle of beer (from $ 78.24 to $ 83.56), mineral water and soda increased 6.7% ($ 19.47 per unit at $ 20.79), and whiskey 6.8% (from $ 1 91.39 to $ 204.41).
Cigarettes show an increase of 6.8%, from $ 84.47 to $ 90.22 for each box of 20 units, and tobacco went from $ 37.62 to $ 40.18, which also represents an increase of 6.8%. All these increases will be passed on to the public.
In all these cases the increases are given below inflation from January to November, which averaged 7.86%.
In the case of fuels, an increase in the Imesi of 6.79% for Super 95 naphtha and 6.8% for Premium naphtha, what represents $ 30.04 and $ 31.82 per liter, respectively. This does not represent an increase in the cost of gasoline for users, because the Imesi is absorbed by Ancap, that it goes on to obtain less profit per liter sold.
Inside the increase there is a tax on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, represents $ 11.66 in the case of the Super 95, and $ 11.78 in the case of the Premium, according to decree E / 530 of the MEF to which it agreed The Observer.
