The Treasury seems to have heard the pleas of the liquor and tobacco industries not to repeat the drastic hikes in taxes like those seen last year.

The Treasury imposed a whopping 8% average excise increase in 2021, angering the liquor sector that was already reeling from  sales bans during the national lockdowns...

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