Ukraine imported about 8.5 thousand tonnes of malt in August this year, that is 30% less then in July when Ukraine imported 12.1 thousand tonnes of malt, according to the information given by OOO “Agrarika”. The decline is attributed to the seasonal decreasing in beer production. Ukraine is mainly supplied with malt from Slovakia and Austria. In January-August Ukraine imported around 40 thousand tonnes of malt, 96% of which is barley malt. According to Ukrpivo, in order to supply the Ukrainian breweries with malt Ukraine has to import approx. 150 thousand tonnes of malt per year.

24 September, 2003