- From 1 November 2026, Qatar will approve sweetened-drink laboratory analysis certificates electronically through Dhareeba via direct integration with labs accredited by the Ministry of Public Health and registered with the GTA; manual submission will no longer be required.
- Qatar’s tiered volumetric excise tax model for sweetened drinks, effective 6 July 2026, uses four sugar-content tiers: under 5g sugar per 100ml exempt; 5g to 7.99g taxed at QAR 0.77 per litre; 8g or more taxed at QAR 1.06 per litre; drinks with only artificial sweeteners and no added sugar are exempt.
- Product registration still requires nutritional information and lab reports, but the key compliance risk shifts to laboratory testing turnaround time, since products without a qualifying report may default to the highest tax tier.
- Businesses should ensure their testing labs are both MOPH-accredited and GTA-registered, and should factor lab certificate timing into registration planning, especially for products near a tier threshold.
Source: mailchi.mp
Note that this post was (partially) written with the help of AI. It is always useful to review the original source material, and where needed to obtain (local) advice from a specialist.
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