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Originally Posted by asiatraveler
"When I buy wine, I pay 15 euro (seriously!) for a bottle of Jacob's Creek plonk that costs 4 euro in the Netherlands, including transport from Australia."
The problem is not due to huge mark-ups but from the huge import duty on alcoholic beverages from abroad. You can find a limited selection of Thai wines for much less.
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The import duties on wine are approx 400% of the CIF (landed) value. (In Holland there's zero excise on EU wines and just a small CCT impost on imported wines). Bizarrely in Thailand there are virtually no taxes on spirits so you have the ridiculous situation that a bottle of Jacobs Creek (12% Alc) is more expensive than a bottle of 100 Pipers (40%Alc). Blame the local beer and spirit moguls for that.