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Ministry of Finance introduces minimum Excise Price for Liquids used in Electronic Smoking Devices effective 1 September

Gulf Today - Business Trade press Published 6th August 2026 UAE

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The Ministry of Finance has announced the issuance of a Decision on the minimum Excise Price for Tobacco Products and Liquids used in Electronic Smoking Devices and Tools.The Decision aims to enhance the effectiveness of excise tax implementation and support compliance with the UAE’s tax legislation.Under the Decision, the existing minimum Excise Price will continue to apply to Cigarettes, Water Pipe Tobacco, ready-to-use tobacco products, and similar products.The Decision introduces a minimum Excise Price of AED1 per millilitre (mL) for Liquids used in Electronic Smoking Devices and Tools.The Decision will enter into force on 1st September 2026.The Ministry stated that the Decision aims to keep pace with developments in the market for excise goods and ensure the consistent application of unified standards across all categories of tobacco and electronic smoking products.It also supports tax compliance and helps limit practices that may affect the effective implementation of the excise tax.The UAE levies excise tax at a rate of 100% on all tobacco products covered under the excise tax regime.WAM

Publication: Gulf Today - Business · Business News
Published: 6th August 2026
Original report: gulftoday.ae

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Category: Geopolitical Risk
Geography: UAE
Organisations: None identified
Collected: 6th August 2026 · 12:15

Initial assessment ProcIntel's automatic, provisional read of this individual Signal -- Initial Significance and Initial Confidence, computed deterministically before any Event extraction or human review.

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Significance 2 · Moderate

Confidence 2 · Low

Initial Significance Moderate (31.0/100). Strongest contributor: Procurement Impact (21.0/30 points). Limiting factor: Geographic Breadth (0.0/10 points). Initial Confidence Low (32.0/100, data sufficiency: Partial). Strongest contributor: Source Authority (12.0/40 points). Limiting factor: Extraction Quality (3.0/15 points).

Strongest contributor: Procurement Impact
Limiting factor: Geographic Breadth

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Initial assessment ⓘMore about Initial Signal AssessmentProcIntel's automatic, provisional read of this individual Signal -- Initial Significance and Initial Confidence, computed deterministically before any Event extraction or human review.

Initial assessment ProcIntel's automatic, provisional read of this individual Signal -- Initial Significance and Initial Confidence, computed deterministically before any Event extraction or human review.