World Hop Alpha Supply and Demand

Year	Production (t of alpha)	Year	Beer output (mln hl)	Alpha dosage (g alpha/hl)	Alpha usage (t of alpha)	Balance (t of alpha)
2002	7935	2003	1497	5.0	7485	450
2003	6490	2004	1552	4.8	7450	-960
2004	7653	2005	1611	4.7	7572	81
2005	7626	2006	1704	4.5	7668	-42
2006	6570*	2007	1779	4.3	7650	-1080
2007	6983	2008	1815	4.0	7260	-277
2008	9748	2009	1808	3.9	7051	2697
2009	10062	2010	1838	3.9	7166	2896
2010	8192	2011	1905	3.8	7239	953
2011	9560	2012	1931	3.8	7338	2222
2012	7955	2013	1962	4.2	8240	-285
2013	7211	2014	1957	4.3	8415	-1204
2014	8350	2015	1967	4.5	8852	-502
2015	6838	2016	1961	4.5	8825	-1987
2016	9373	2017	1945	4.6	8947	426
2017	9901	2018	1904	4.7	8949	952
2018	10123	2019	1912	4.9	9266	857
2019	11316	2020	1767	4.8	8482	2834
2020	11424	2021	1856	4.9	9094	2330
2021	12567	2022	1858	4.8	8918	3649
2022	9702	2023**	1848	4.7	8686	1016
2023**	9920	2024**	1857	4.7	8728	1192

*Taking into account that 110 MT of alpha acid were destroyed by a fire in a warehouse in the USA
**Forecast
Source: Hopsteiner

Publication date: 06 January, 2024