Wine to Flow

The Ministry of Commerce said limited foreign wine imports will be legalized this month at the start of the 2015-16 fiscal year, in the first stretch of phasing out a decades-long ban on alcohol imports. Import restrictions on other varieties of foreign alcohol will be eased later on, according to U Yan Naing Tun, deputy director general of the ministry.

“We’re now finalizing the import policy for foreign wines, and we will make a public announcement soon,” he said, adding that the specifics of the new rules, such as company criteria for licensing, have not yet been determined.

Kyaw Hsu Mon