Ukraine produced about 13254 tons of malt in January 2003 against 15137 tons in December 2002, Ukrainian official sources reported. For the whole 2002 year Ukrainian malt production totalled 173301 tons – 5679 tons (3.3%) more than in 2001.

Taking into account import (44219 tons) and export (800 tons) the demand of Ukrainian beer makers for malt totalled about 217-218 thousand tons. In 2003 Ukraine also imports about 8-9 thousand tons of caramel malt and hence in 2003 Ukrainian demand for malt averages 225 thousand tons.

13 February, 2003