Ukraine: In August Ukrainian enterprises imported about 8 thousand tonnes of malt at a value of US$ 1.08 million. August’s volumes of imported malt increased with 1.4 thousand tonnes versus July volumes, Proagro revealed in a statement. According to the same source, in July 2004 Ukraine imported about 6.6 thousand tonnes of brewing malt at a value of US$1.21 million. As usual the volumes of brewing production are growing during summer that leads to a rise of malt consumption. Because of an insufficient malt offer on the internal market of Ukraine, national brewers are to import more raw material. Besides the quality of Ukrainian malt doesn’t always suit the brewers’ requirements, market analysts said.

20 October, 2004