Anadolu Efes has announced its sales volume figures for the 6 months period ended 30.06.2007, in a press release, July 25.

Consolidated sales volume (including beer and soft drink volumes) grew 10.8% in 1H2007 over the comparable period of previous year.

Total beer sales volume reached 10.2 million hectoliters in 1H 2007; up 10.9%.

About Anadolu Efes

Anadolu Efes Biracılık ve Malt Sanayii A.Ş. (Anadolu Efes), together with its subsidiaries and affiliates produces and markets beer, malt and soft drinks across a geography including Turkey, Russia, the CIS countries, Southeast Europe and the Middle East. Anadolu Efes, listed in the Istanbul Stock Exchange (AEFES.IS), is an operational entity under which the Turkey beer operations are managed, as well as a holding entity which is the majority shareholder of Efes Breweries International N.V. (“EBI”) that manages international beer operations and is the largest shareholder of Coca- Cola İçecek A.Ş. (“CCI”) that manages the soft drink business in Turkey and international markets.

The Group currently operates in 12 countries with 15 breweries, 6 malteries and 12 Coca-Cola bottling facilities and has an annual brewing capacity of around 34 million hectoliters, malting capacity of 236,500 tons and Coca-Cola bottling capacity of 573 million unit cases per year.

Romanian Brewers Association’s members, Heineken Romania, InBev Romania, United Romanian Breweries, Bereprod and Ursus Breweries announce beer sales of 7.29 mil hectolitres, 30% more than in H1 2006, Wall Street reported July 25.

Entire beer market reached almost 9.4 mil hectolitres, about 20% more than in H1 2006. According to Association’s general director, Constantin Bratu, this increase is due to favourable weather conditions in firs six month of 2007 and to the increase in population’s purchase power.

Romanian Brewers Association represents 70% of Romanian beer market. Asociation’s members brought more than 550 mil euros in investments.

EU malt export licence bookings from July 1, 2006, until June 26, 2007, (probably the last statistical report of the grain year 2006/07) were 1,726 Mill. tons, 455.000 tons less than last year and even 750.000 tons less than in the record export year of 2003/04, analysts reported July 2.

Maltsters’ silos are empty; there is no malt available in the EU for sale in 2007, and very little for 2008. The smaller export sales were not due to a lack of interest by foreign buyers, but due to a lack of malt.

Barley crops look very good in North America after perfect growing conditions, analysts reported July 2.

The USDA published new acreage figures; barley was planted on 1,636 Mill. Ha vs. 1,397 Mill. HA a year ago. A crop of 5 Mill. tons is possible vs. 3,9 Mill. tons last year. The latest Canadian forecast gives a barley crop of 12,5 Mill. tons, exactly 25 % better than last year.

Time being the quality expectations are high, both the U.S. and Canada will be able to export good quantities of feed and malting barley. The Canadian problem of the Wheat Board’s future has shifted to the courts, export markets are blocked by the uncertainty, who will export Canadian barley in the future.