page_title: Alcohol monopoly
hierarchical_section_title: Alcohol monopoly
caption_attribution_description: 中文（繁體）‎: 臺灣菸酒便利商店百福加盟店，位於基隆市七堵區實踐路286號1樓，2011年6月開幕，2014年2月21日搬遷至基隆市七堵區福二街215號1樓。
context_page_description: An alcohol monopoly is a government monopoly on manufacturing and/or retailing of some or all alcoholic beverages, such as beer, wine and spirits. It can be used as an alternative for total prohibition of alcohol. They exist in all Nordic countries except Denmark proper, and in all provinces and territories in Canada except Alberta. In the United States, there are some alcoholic beverage control states, where alcohol wholesale is controlled by a state government operation and retail sales are offered by either state or private retailers.
  An alcohol monopoly also formerly existed in Taiwan between 1947 and 2002, which uniquely did not actually serve as a form of reducing alcohol abuse as was the case in the Nordic countries, Canada and the U.S., but was rather a post-colonial hangover from a system inherited from Japanese rule. The Taiwanese market was gradually opened to overseas brands starting from 1987, with full liberalisation achieved in 2002, the year when Taiwan was admitted to the WTO.
context_section_description: An alcohol monopoly is a government monopoly on manufacturing and/or retailing of some or all alcoholic beverages, such as beer, wine and spirits. It can be used as an alternative for total prohibition of alcohol. They exist in all Nordic countries except Denmark proper (only on the Faroe Islands), and in all provinces and territories in Canada except Alberta (which privatised its monopoly in 1993). In the United States, there are some alcoholic beverage control states, where alcohol wholesale is controlled by a state government operation and retail sales are offered by either state or private retailers. 
  An alcohol monopoly also formerly existed in Taiwan between 1947 and 2002, which uniquely did not actually serve as a form of reducing alcohol abuse as was the case in the Nordic countries, Canada and the U.S., but was rather a post-colonial hangover from a system inherited from Japanese rule.  The Taiwanese market was gradually opened to overseas brands starting from 1987, with full liberalisation achieved in 2002, the year when Taiwan was admitted to the WTO.
caption: A TTL convenience store in Keelung, Taiwan
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