5L Large-Capacity Makgeolli Released... National Tax Service Revises Limit from 2L to 5L

[Asia Economy Reporter Kang Nahum] Regulations limiting the container size for selling Makgeolli and Yakju to 2ℓ or less have been relaxed, allowing product sizes to increase up to 5ℓ.

On the 11th, the National Tax Service announced that it will revise the "Order Delegation Notice on the Manufacture, Storage, Movement, Ingredients, Equipment, and Quantity of Liquor" and the "Liquor Tax Administration Regulations" to change the sales container size limit for Takju and Yangju from "2ℓ or less" to "5ℓ or less."

This relaxation of packaging size regulations for Makgeolli is the first in about 20 years since the related notice was established in November 2001.

According to the current notice and guidelines, sales containers for Takju and Yangju are generally limited to 2ℓ or less, and selling larger containers required attaching tax payment proof labels individually. As a result, all commercially available Makgeolli and Yakju were released in containers of 2ℓ or less.

With the revision of the notice and guidelines, it is expected that large-capacity products for business use, such as in restaurants, can be launched.

The National Tax Service completed public opinion gathering on the revision on the 7th of this month and plans to publish the revised notice in the official gazette and implement it as early as this week.

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