The Czech Republic: Dark Velkopopovický Kozel sees higher sales abroad in January – October this year

The popularity of Czech dark beer abroad is significantly rising with 25,000 hl of Dark Velkopopovický Kozel exported during the first 10 months of this year, SABMiller reported on December, 3.

Nearly half of the total dark beer volume exported was shipped to Finland (12,000 hl). Russia, with its 3,000 hl, is a very important market for Plzeňský Prazdroj, a. s., the maker of the beer and a subsidiary of SABMiller. Israel, Ukraine, and Belarus are among other countries with import volume higher than 1,000. South Korea became the biggest new commercial outlet with 600 hl of newly exported beer.

Dark Kozel is exported to total of 23 countries on three continents.

08 December, 2010