For Health, Indonesia Implements Higher Taxes on Artificially Sweetened Drinks

"For the Sake of Health, Indonesia Implements Higher Taxes for Artificially Sweetened Drinks"

For Health, Indonesia Implements Higher Taxes on Artificially Sweetened Drinks

Dream - Maybe Dream friends have seen viral videos on social media that show packaged food or drinks in some countries already have health instruction labels.

The label not only displays the nutritional content or basic ingredients, but also the high sugar content and how healthy the products sold in the market are for consumption by everyone.

The label provided by the government is considered very helpful for many people in preventing various chronic diseases. This is also supported by the imposition of taxes on packaged sweetened beverages (PSB) in at least 50 countries worldwide.

Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines, and Brunei Darussalam Have Implemented MBDK Tax

According to the Director of Non-Communicable Disease Prevention and Control of the Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) of the Republic of Indonesia, Eva Susanti, excise tax for BMDK has been implemented in 4 countries in Southeast Asia recently.

<b>Thailand, Malaysia, Filipina, dan Brunei Darussalam Telah Terapkan Cukai MBDK</b>

Malaysia itself imposes a tax of 0.40 ringgit or around Rp1,300 per 100 ml of carbonated and alcoholic beverages with a sugar limit of 5 grams since 2019. The Philippines implemented a tax on MBDK of 6 pesos or around Rp1,600 per liter for calorie and non-calorie sweetened beverages first. Thailand and Brunei Darussalam have also imposed taxes on MBDK.

The translation of the given 'Bahasa' text to 'English' while preserving any HTML tags is: "MBDK Tax Can Reduce the Number of Chronic Disease Patients and Mortality Rate"

As reported by Liputan6, Eva revealed that the implementation of MBDK tax can prevent 5,913 deaths related to diabetes in the Philippines.

The implementation of taxes can also prevent 10,339 deaths due to ischemic heart disease and 7,950 deaths related to stroke in the next 20 years.

"Benefits of Implementing Taxes According to Research"

Research shows that the implementation of MBDK tax can reduce the prevalence of overweight by 1-3% and obesity by 1-4%.

<b>Manfaat Penerapan Cukai Menurut Penelitian</b>

"In the field of health, the implementation of taxes on MBDK reduces the occurrence of type 2 diabetes, heart disease, stroke, and premature death."

"ungkap Eva" translates to "revealed Eva" in English.

Tax MBDK in Indonesia

"In Indonesia itself, the implementation of MBDK tax is planned to be ratified this year and is currently in the socialization stage. The tax value is estimated to be higher compared to Malaysia or the Philippines."

"Already reached the final stage, just need socialization, just need to be implemented later. We will execute this as soon as possible, there are no actual obstacles, it will be ratified this year, it has already been submitted. It will be ratified soon once it is signed, because we have already made the academic study,""
"ujar Dante Saksono Harbuwono, Deputy Minister of Health of the Republic of Indonesia."

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Based on the simulation by the Ministry of Health, the MBDK excise will be implemented at USD 0.3 or around Rp4,700 per liter and is estimated to reduce 63 thousand cases of diabetes in underprivileged communities and 1,487,000 cases of diabetes in high-income communities.

The importance of implementing MBDK Tax

The implementation of MBDK tax is considered very important by the community and the government because it is one of the risk factors for non-communicable diseases. Dante revealed that Riskesdas data in the previous 10 years has doubled from 10%.

Based on data from the Ministry of Health, 28.7% of the Indonesian population consumes excessive sugar, salt, and fat, so the implementation of MBDK tax is expected to make everyone live healthier. Source: Liputan6.com

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