547
0
1
2
4
3
6
5
8
7
9
Of which
exports
Production
0
200
400
600
800
1.000
8
Purchases
of supplies
Value added
Production
value (million €)
Million
hectolitres (hl)
365
4
1.441
0
300
600
900
1.200
1.500
0
200
400
600
800
1.000
Employment
Taxes, excise and social
security contributions (ssc)
brewing sector (million €)
423
320
101
Excise
VAT retail
VAT hospitality
Incomes taxes
and social
security
contributions
12
3 | Direct effect
of the brewing sector
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Graph 21.1. / Direct effect of the beer sector
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Source : Ernst & Young calculation (2011)
Another substantial direct effect of the brewing sector
concerns taxes and excises paid by beer brewers and
consumers. In 2010 excises reached 320 million euro and
total VAT income for the Irish government was estimated
at 524 million euro. Income taxes and social security
contributions paid by employees of the brewing sector
add up to another 12 million euro.
The Irish brewing sector employs 1,441 people.
Irish breweries together realise a production value of
approximately 912 million euro
34
, of which 547 million
is spent on supplies.
21
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Ireland