E-Malt.com News article: Beer production in 2002 by country

The world biggest beer output in 2002 was registered in the USA with 240.89 million hl – 1.43% more than in 2001. The second place is held by China with 240 million hl – 5.73% more than in 2001. Germany comes to the third place with 107.7 million hl of beer.

Beer output in Ukraine increased 14.35% in 2002 against 2001. Ukraine produced about 14.98 million hl of beer in 2002. Some other initial, partly provisional figures are given in the table below:

 

in 1000 hl

	2001	2002	%
USA	237,488	240,888	1.43
China	227,000	235-240,000	5.73
Germany	107,815	107,714	-0.09
Japan	71,080	68,600	-3.49
Mexico (Jan./Sept.)	47,080	48,397	2.80
France	18,866	18,117	-3.97
Ukraine	13,100	14,980	14.35

18 February, 2003