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Some local beverage makers have already taken stay orders from courts to stop government from enforcing the tax, industry official said. The valve is the nozzle of the machine used to fill bottles. The tax ranges from Rs1.17 million per valve to Rs4.7 million per valve. This basically means companies will pay sales tax and federal excise duty on production potential of the machinery instead of actual output. The government imposed a capacity tax on the manufacturers of aerated waters in Budget 2013-14. Managing Director for the company Zeeshan Habib wasn’t immediately available to comment. Pervez didn’t say when exactly production was stopped and couldn’t confirm if it was a permanent decision. The company markets the cans mostly in foreign markets. What if we go to court, lose, and the tax is implemented? Who is going to pay the penalty then?” asked Pervez. We can’t afford the risk because of the nature of this tax. “We are only supplying the product in cans. “Production and distribution of all the bottles, including 300 millilitres and 1.5 litres, has stopped,” said Qamar Pervez, a marketing manager at Mehran Bottlers, which owns Pakola along with brands like Bubble Up, Apple Sidra and Double Cola. After more than 60 years, production of locally made soft-drink Pakola may come to an end as the government reintroduces the infamous capacity tax, which is blamed for devastating Pakistani beverage makers in the early 1990s, industry officials told The Express Tribune.