China to impose tax on condoms in effort to reverse declining birth rate

After decades of imposing a “one-child” policy, sometimes using brutal methods, this is not a little bit ironic.

By Minh Nga, December 5, 2025

China will impose a 13% tax on condoms and other contraceptives starting next year, ending a three-decade tax-exemption policy as the country struggles with a severe population decline.

The revised Value-Added Tax (VAT) Law states that consumers must pay 13% VAT on birth-control products that have been exempt since 1993.

At the time, Beijing removed the tax to promote family planning and enforce the one-child policy, Bloomberg reported. …Read more

Nga, Minh. “China to impose tax on condoms in effort to reverse declining birth rate.” VnExpress International, 5 December 2025, https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/china-to-impose-tax-on-condoms-in-effort-to-reverse-declining-birth-rate-4989861.html. Accessed 7 December 2025.