On the other hand, the Meiji government, who did not have tariff autonomy against exporting countries, marked down the liquor tax received from sake as the main source of revenue, because it did not need to worry about tariff problems since materials were merely imported from foreign countries and because sake was drunk broadly in Japan.
一方では、輸出先に対して関税自主権を持てなかった明治政府は、外国からめったに輸入されないため関税について頭を悩ませる必要がなく、しかも国内消費が大きかった日本酒から徴収する酒税に、主たる歳入としての目星をつけた。