German coffee lobbyists from Coffee Hunting Association filed a petition to the Bundestag with the demand to abolish the existing in Germany, a special tax on coffee.

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As noted, currently in Germany with each kilogram of roasted coffee beans are charged 2.19 euro tax. To this must be added semiprotsentny value-added tax, as a result of the amount of taxes sometimes exceed the purchase price.

According to Coffee Hunting, this double taxation significantly reduces the competitiveness of German enterprises working trade coffee in the face of foreign companies in both domestic and European markets.

tax on coffee was introduced after the Second World War. Then coffee was considered a rare and expensive drinks, a coffee tax to a certain extent, a tax on luxury. Since then, the market has changed: for example, previously in effect a tax on tea was repealed in 1993.

Currently, in addition to the German tax on coffee also operates in Belgium and Denmark, but its rate is much lower. Cancel tax and lower prices may, in the opinion of representatives of Coffee Hunting, stimulate demand and revive the economy, not only in Germany but in countries - producers of coffee.

Nevertheless, the fate of coffee tax has not yet been determined, primarily because it provides a large revenue. Coffee is a real cult in Germany. Each year, the Germans drink an average of 148 liters per person. The main consumers of coffee is traditionally considered to be medical doctors, journalists, policemen and students. More people drink coffee in Finland.