E-Malt.com News article: 254

The beer market from Russia is in continuous growth . In this year it grew by 14%. What's more, the sector analysts state that it is very likely that this market will steadily grow in the following years. The forecasts say also that beer consumption per capita will reach in 2006 the value of 71,0 liters in 2001 this figure being of 42,6 liters.

It was evaluated as well, that three main factors have stimulated the growth from this year: an increase in the population’s revenues, which has respectively increased its buying power ; a growing preference of Russians for beer to hard liquors and the quite warm weather from this year.


03 June, 2002