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Soft drink manufacturers consider that the measure announced by the Government to raise VAT on their products from 10 to 21% has a "clear ideological component" behind it and will seriously harm a sector as hit by the pandemic as the hospitality industry.

The employer's association of the sector, Anfabra, has criticized this Friday the inclusion of said tax increase in the project of General State Budgets for 2021 and has ensured that for bars and restaurants it can be

"the last straw", due to its foreseeable negative effects on consumption .

In this sense, they have recalled that the hospitality industry "demands a reduction in VAT (from 10 to 4%) to help alleviate the losses caused by the constant restrictions and closures, as other countries are doing."

"It is unfair, discriminatory and with a clear ideological component. It is a severe blow to the hospitality industry, the consumer and the beverage industry that pays taxes in Spain (more than 500 million euros per year) and contributes to the activation of the economy, "they have assured from Anfabra, which groups Coca-Cola, Pepsico or Schweppes, among other companies.

The bosses of the employer's association have considered in a statement that increasing a tax such as VAT, which levies a product equally on all types of consumers, will especially affect "the lowest incomes, those hardest hit by the crisis, which will further diminish plus your purchasing power. "

Regarding the Government's objective of promoting "healthier habits" with this measure, the manufacturers have insisted that the decision lacks "scientific rigor" and has stressed that

they are "safe" products.

"The sector is committed to promoting healthy habits and voluntary commitments, including the reduction of the sugar content placed on the market from these beverages, which has already reached 35% between 2005 and 2018", they have wielded .

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