Beer production in Ukraine in January-May of this year reached 51.1 million dal, 20.5% more than during the same period last year, according to the website of the brewers’ organization Ukrpivo.
It is specified that such growth is connected with the prohibition on manufacture and sale of beer, which was in force in 2022 (because of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia – IF-U) in January of this year the lag in manufacture of this drink was 15.2% compared to January-2022 indicators.
At the same time, this figure is only 77,5% of the volume of beer production in Ukraine in 2021, the industry association specified.
As it was reported beer production in Ukraine in 2022 decreased by 27,9% compared to 2021 – up to 122,8 million dal.
By the end of 2022 the brewing industry has partially recovered after the fall of production of this drink in the first quarter by 50% due to the Russian invasion and the shutdown of some breweries. Thus, at the end of 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%.
