Malting enterprises of Ukrainian brewing association "Ukrpyvo" produced 58,600 tonnes of malt in the first five months of 2003 versus 52,600 tonnes in the same period last year, which is a 4.3% increase, agrimarket.info reported. However, malt production in May 2003 decreased 3.2% from May 2002, a spokesman of Ukrpyvo said.

Ukrpyvo incorporates the largest brewing enterprises of Ukraine. Its share in the Ukrainian beer market is about 70%.

16 June, 2003