32
909
280
845
Brewing sector
Supplying sector
Hospitality industry
Retail
188
118
510
142
896
Excise
VAT hospitality
VAT retail
Induced income tax, payroll
tax and social security
revenue brewing sector
Induced income tax, payroll
tax and social security
revenue other sectors
7 | Total value added due to beer
8 | Total government
revenues due to beer
The contribution of the brewing sector to the Belgian
economy can also be expressed in terms of value added.
The total value-added generated by these 48,700 jobs is
estimated as 2,067 million euro.
The total revenue of excise, VAT and income-related
contributions due to beer production and sales is
estimated at 1,858 million euro :
VAT revenue is estimated at 628 million euro.
The main portion of these VAT revenues is generated
in the hospitality sector.
The total of excise revenue on beer is 188 million euro.
Income-related revenue due to beer production and sales
are approximately 1.037 billion euro, comprising 418
million euro income tax, 208 million euro social security
contributions paid by employees and 412 million euro
social security taxes and payroll taxes paid by employers.
The brewing sector share in overall value-added arising
from the production and sale of beer is 44%, which
is higher than the brewing sector share in total
employment arising from beer (10%). An explanation
for this effect is the high productivity of brewing sector
employees.
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Graph 9.4. / Value added due to the production
and sale of beer : 2,067 million euro
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Graph 9.5. / Government revenues due to the production
and sale of beer : 1.9 billion euro
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Source : Ernst & Young calculation (2011)
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Source : Ernst & Young calculation (2011)
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