Belarus & Ukraine: Belarus starts antidumping investigation into Ukrainian beer imports

Belarus has started an antidumping investigation into imports of Ukrainian malt beer following a proposal voiced by Belgospischeprom concern on behalf of Belarus' brewing industries, Prime-Tass reported on April, 17.

In 2007 Ukraine supplied Belarus with 17.57 million litres of beer worth USD7.360 mln, 2008 – 42.37 million litres worth USD17.763 mln, 2009 – 42.77 million worth USD16.594 million.

The average price of Obolon, Slavutich and Lvivske beer on Ukraine's home market in October 2009 was at USD0.875 per litre. Supplied on EXW terms, Ukraine-brewed beer was available at USD0.42 per litre, and USD0.381 per litre on DAF terms. In the meantime, the average value of beers imported to Belarus in 2009 stands at USD0.58 per litre. The dumping margin of malt beer export, according to Belarus' breweries, totalled 11.5% in 2009. As a result of Ukraine's dumping policy Belarus saw its malt beer sales drop 9.8% in 2009, which pushed the rate of home-made beer overstocking by 17%.

23 April, 2010