Ukraine: Beer output shrinks by 3% in the first three months of this year

Ukraine’s beer output fell by 3% to 5.05 mln hl in January – March this year, URA-Inform reported citing Gosstat data on April, 18.

In March alone, beer output amounted to 2.14 mln hl, which represents a 8.8% decline on March 2012. In February, production declined by 4.2% versus the same month last year. Only in January 2013 the nation’s brewers managed to increase output – by 9.2% versus January 2012.

Last year, Ukraine’s total beer production dropped by 1.5% to 30 mln hl.

19 April, 2013