Beer production in Ukraine (except non-alcoholic with alcohol content up to 0.5% vol.) in January-February 2023 decreased by 8.9% compared to the first two months of 2022 – up to 16.2 million dal, according to the website of the brewers’ organization Ukrpivo on Friday.
At that it is specified that in January this year the lag in the production of this drink compared to January 2022 was 15.2%.
In turn, in January-February 2023, Ukraine produced 28.9 thousand tons of malt, which is 5.7% less than the first two months of last year.
As it was reported, beer production in Ukraine in 2022 dropped by 27.9% compared to 2021 – up to 122.8 million dal.
By the end of 2022 the brewing industry has partially recovered after a 50% drop in production of this drink in the first quarter due to the Russian invasion and the shutdown of some breweries. Thus, in the first four months of 2022 the decline was 42.8% compared to the same period of 2021, January-May – 36.4%, January-June – 32%, January-July and January-August – 31.6% each, January-September – 30.5%, January-October – 28.6%, January-November – 28.1%, the year before – 27.9%.
