Alcohol Duties Factsheet with Historic UK Tax and Clearance Data

Historic series of goods cleared and duty collected for alcoholic drinks in the UK are provided by HM Revenue and Customs. The factsheet also contains alcohol duty rates for European countries. It was last updated on 2026-06-17.

Use Cases

• Modeling UK alcohol tax revenue based on historic duty collection series
• Comparing alcohol duty rates across European countries
• Analyzing trends in the clearance volumes of spirits, wine, beer, and cider

Strengths

• Data is sourced from HM Revenue and Customs, the UK's tax authority
• Covers multiple alcoholic drink categories: spirits, wine, beer, and cider

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download

Provenance

Source

HM Revenue and Customs

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-17 09:57:19.307289; freshness should be verified

Geography

United Kingdom and European countries