Ukraine & China: Obolon brewery starts shipping beer to China

Ukraine’s Obolon Corporation started exporting beer to China last month, Pivnoe-Delo reported on December, 7.

Beer supplies to China are carried by sea - from Kyiv via Odessa and the Indian Ocean. Obolon-brand products will be sold in the Wal-Mart retail chain of stores, in hotels and restaurants of the largest cities in China. The average price of a 0.5-liter Obolon beer bottle in a store will start from CNY 20 ($3.14).

Last year the average citizen of China consumed 35 liters of beer, whereas Ukraine’s per capita beer consumption is estimated at 58 litres. Beer market in China is in the active stage of formation, which is a favorable condition for the further establishment of Obolon Corporation export program, the company said.

07 December, 2011