News / Opposition grows to Dutch plans for 'green' tax on air cargo

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Air Cargo Netherlands, and IATA, have spoken out against a proposal to tax air cargo in the Netherlands, which would be a further blow to the Dutch air freight sector. 

This week, the government held a closed meeting in the Second Chamber of the Finance Committee to discuss the proposals, which include a tax on freighters. 

“The noisiest planes will be taxed at a rate of €3.85 per tonne of cargo and the quietest at a rate of €1.925 per tonne of cargo,” it said ...