Latvia: January-April beer output down 17.8%

In the first four months of 2016, beer production in Latvia dropped by 17.8% year-on-year to 0.22 mln hl, the Excise Goods Administration of the Latvian State Revenue Service (VID) said.

Beer imports in the first four months of this year were down 2.68% from the respective period in 2015 to 0.26 mln hl.

In the first four months of 2016, Latvia exported 31.1 thousand hl of beer, which was an 18.23% decline from January-April 2015.

A total of 0.86 mln hl of beer was produced in Latvia in 2015, which is a 12% reduction from 2014.

17 June, 2016