MPs approve zero excise duty on local fruit juices

The Excise Bill, 2026, forms part of the government's wider fiscal reform agenda, which seeks to promote industrialisation, support value addition, create jobs and enhance the competitiveness of local industries while using tax policy to encourage healthier lifestyle choices.

Parliament has approved the Excise Bill, 2026, removing excise duty on locally manufactured fruit juices as part of a broader tax reform package aimed at making the products more affordable, encouraging healthier consumer choices and strengthening Ghana's agro-processing sector.“The other thing we are seeking to do is to introduce a sliding scale for use of raw materials so that we can encourage the use of local raw materials in the manufacture of beer and other drinks so that the more raw materials you source locally to produce, the rate of excise duty goes down,” he said.