据四个消息来源和一封行业信函透露，在本土公司与帝亚吉欧和保乐力加一同对联邦调查散装苏格兰威士忌进口一事表示担忧后，印度政府将于周一与酒类公司举行会谈。
India's government will hold talks with liquor companies on Monday after domestic firms joined Diageo and Pernod in expressing alarm about a federal investigation into bulk Scotch imports, according to four sources and an industry letter.
作为与7月生效的历史性印英贸易协定相关的第一起重大争端，新德里已告知各大公司，散装苏格兰威士忌进口不符合协议中将关税从150%降至75%的减免条件。
In the first major dispute linked to a historic India-UK trade pact implemented in July, New Delhi has told major companies that bulk Scotch imports are not eligible for the tariff reduction to 75% from 150% agreed in the deal.
代表保乐力加（PERP.PA）和帝亚吉欧（DGE.L）的组织——印度国际烈酒与葡萄酒协会已私下警告新德里，排除散装苏格兰威士忌进口的举措可能会破坏该协定。
The International Spirits & Wines Association of India, a group representing Pernod (PERP.PA) and Diageo (DGE.L), has privately warned New Delhi that the move to exclude bulk Scotch imports could undermine the pact.
路透社首次披露的一封10月27日致政府的保密信函显示，印度酒精饮料公司联合会（CIABC）现已加入抗议，指出此举将打击本土制造业。
The Confederation of Indian Alcoholic Beverage Companies (CIABC) has now joined the protest by flagging a hit to domestic manufacturing, according to an October 27 confidential letter to the government that Reuters is reporting for the first time.
按体积计算，从英国进口的苏格兰威士忌中约有80%以散装形式运抵，用于生产知名品牌，印度价值650亿美元的酒类行业曾希望关税下调能提振业务。
Around 80% of Scotch whisky imports from Britain by volume arrive in bulk to be used to make popular brands, and India's $65 billion alcohol industry had hoped the cut in tariffs would bolster business.
四位直接了解该会议的人士称，印度商务部高级官员将于周一与多家外国和本土酒类公司的高管举行闭门会谈，讨论这一问题。在周六非正常工作时间，印度商务部未立即回应置评请求。
Top Indian commerce ministry officials will on Monday hold closed-door talks with several senior executives of foreign and domestic liquor companies to discuss the issue, said the four people who have direct knowledge of the meeting. The ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment outside regular business hours on Saturday.
路透社此前曾报道，英国表示正就此问题与印度合作，苏格兰政府已向新德里提出散装苏格兰威士忌待遇的问题。印度尚未对此事置评。
Britain has said it is working with India on the issue, and Scottish government has raised the treatment of bulk Scotch with New Delhi, Reuters has reported. India has not commented on the matter.
威士忌关税曾是英印自由贸易协定历时多年的漫长谈判中的一个症结所在，不过作为一个热爱威士忌的国家，印度最终同意将某些苏格兰威士忌进口税减半。
Whisky tariffs were a sticking point during years of protracted negotiations on a UK-India free trade deal, though India, a whisky-loving nation, ultimately agreed to halve taxes on certain Scotch imports.
印度酒精饮料公司联合会的信函称，如果印度制造业使用的散装苏格兰威士忌不能享受较低关税，“这可能会产生一种无意的激励，有利于进口成品”。信函还补充说：“这种结果将与‘印度制造’计划下加强本土制造业的目标背道而驰，”并寻求紧急干预以避免混乱。
The CIABC's letter said that if bulk Scotch used in Indian manufacturing was not eligible for the lower tariff, "this could create an unintended incentive in favour of importing finished products." "Such an outcome would run counter to the objective of strengthening domestic manufacturing under Make in India," it added, seeking urgent intervention to avoid disruptions.
该组织的成员包括上市印度本土巨头拉迪科·凯坦（Radico Khaitan，RADC.NS，8PM品牌的制造商）以及联合调配与蒸馏公司（Allied Blenders and Distillers，ALLE.NS，Officer’s Choice品牌的制造商）。印度酒精饮料公司联合会和这些公司均未回应置评请求。所有公司都表示他们遵守法律。
The group’s members include listed Indian majors Radico Khaitan (RADC.NS), maker of the 8PM brand, and Allied Blenders and Distillers (ALLE.NS), maker of Officer’s Choice. CIABC and the companies did not respond to queries. All firms have said they comply with the law.
联合调配与蒸馏公司本周在投资者演示文稿中表示，它是“最大的散装苏格兰威士忌进口商之一”，英印协定将改善其“奢侈品产品组合的可及性”。
Allied Blenders said in an investor presentation this week it is “one of the largest bulk Scotch importers” and the UK pact would improve its “luxury portfolio accessibility”.
长期以来，进口关税争端一直是印度外国投资者心中的痛处，他们曾面临追缴巨额补税的要求。印度官员则表示，他们只是在执行本国法律。
Import tariff disputes have long been a sore point for foreign investors in India who have faced demands for large amounts of back tax. Indian officials say they are only enforcing the law of the land.