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# Colonial Wine Duty Drawback

## Definition

The specific policy enacted after the conclusion of the war in 1763 that allowed all duties except £3, 10s. to be drawn back on the exportation of wines to the colonies, with the exception of French wines. This policy aimed to encourage wine trade with the colonies while maintaining restrictions on French products due to national prejudice.

## Source Chapter

Book IV, Chapter 4

## Context

The chapter presents this policy as an example of how drawback systems could be selectively applied to different commodities and destinations. The exception for French wines demonstrates how political considerations could override purely economic rationales in the administration of trade policies, even when such exceptions might reduce the overall efficiency of the drawback system.

## Economic Domain

Regulation

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