{"id":3001,"date":"2021-06-14T18:45:23","date_gmt":"2021-06-14T22:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.globalfoodresearchprogram.org\/?post_type=uncgfrp_policy&#038;p=3001"},"modified":"2024-07-21T12:43:07","modified_gmt":"2024-07-21T16:43:07","slug":"supreme-decree-091-2018-ef","status":"publish","type":"uncgfrp_policy","link":"https:\/\/www.globalfoodresearchprogram.org\/policy\/supreme-decree-091-2018-ef\/","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Decree 091-2018-EF"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Prior to May 2018, Peru taxed all beverages with added sugar, sweeteners, or flavorings at a rate of 17%. Beginning May 2018, the tax was increased to 25% for drinks containing >6 grams total sugar per 100 mL, while all other drinks with added sugar\/sweeteners\/flavorings (containing &lt;6 g sugar\/100 mL) remained at the 17% tax rate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In June 2019, Peru modified the tax again by decreasing the rate on drinks containing &lt;0.5 g sugar\/100 mL to 12%, while drinks containing 0.5\u20136 g\/100 mL remained at the 17% rate. Plain water, 100% juices, plain milk, and drinkable yogurts were always and remain untaxed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In September 2021, the upper sugar threshold was lowered from 6 grams to 5 grams per 100 mL (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gob.pe\/institucion\/mef\/normas-legales\/2188115-266-2021-ef\">Supreme Decree No. 266-2021-EF<\/a>). This brought the sugar threshold in alignment with the final &#8220;high in sugar&#8221; threshold for beverages under Peru&#8217;s front-of-package warning label law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently, processed beverages with added sugar, sweeteners, or flavoring are taxed at one of three levels:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>25%\u00a0<\/strong>ad valorem tax on drinks containing\u00a0<strong>>5 g sugar\/100 mL<\/strong>\u00a0(increase from 17% rate)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>17%\u00a0<\/strong>ad valorem tax on drinks containing\u00a0<strong>0.5\u20135 g sugar\/100 mL<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>12%\u00a0<\/strong>ad valorem tax on drinks containing\u00a0<strong>&lt;0.5 g sugar\/100 mL<\/strong>\u00a0(decrease from 17%)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Exempt: Plain water, 100% juice, plain milk, and drinkable yogurts<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Read law in:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalfoodresearchprogram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Peru-SSB-Tax-Law-2018-EN-TRANSLATION-SCG.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>English, 2018<\/strong><\/a><\/em>\u00a0|\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalfoodresearchprogram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Peru-SSB-Tax-Law-2019-Revision-EN-TRANSLATION.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>English, 2019<\/strong><\/a><\/em> | <em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gob.pe\/institucion\/mef\/normas-legales\/2188115-266-2021-ef\">Spanish, 2021 update<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","uncgfrp_policy_research":[9],"class_list":["post-3001","uncgfrp_policy","type-uncgfrp_policy","status-publish","hentry","uncgfrp_policy_research-fiscal-policies"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.3.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Supreme Decree 091-2018-EF - Global Food Research Program<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.globalfoodresearchprogram.org\/policy\/supreme-decree-091-2018-ef\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Supreme Decree 091-2018-EF - Global Food Research Program\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Prior to May 2018, Peru taxed all beverages with added sugar, sweeteners, or flavorings at a rate of 17%. 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