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New Health Promotion Agency Levy rates for alcohol

10.48am 17 June 2020

The annual adjustment to the levy rates on alcoholic beverages will take place on 1 July 2020.


The rates are:

Class - Alcohol Current HPA rates
to 30 June 2020
(cents per litre)
New HPA rates
from 1 July 2020
(cents per litre)
A – 1.15–2.5% 0.5152 0.51112
B – 2.5–6% 1.5854 1.5780
C – 6–9% 2.7478 2.7262
D – 9–14% 3.4348 3.4078
E – 14-23% 6.2001 5.9638
F – more than 23% 13.3260 12.9984

The Legislative Instrument that provides for these new rates is the New Zealand Public Health and Disability (Health Promotion Agency Levy) Order 2020

Alcohol products removed from a licensed manufacturing area or imported after midnight on 30 June 2020 will be subject to the new rates.

For further information, see the Health Promotion Agency website or please contact Customs on 0800 428 786 (0800 4 CUSTOMS).