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Beer production in Latvia down 6% in eight months
BC, Riga, 17.10.2018.Print version
With 57.04 mln liters of beer produced in Latvia in the first eight months of this year, beer production in Latvia dropped 6% from the same period a year ago, according to the State Revenue Service's data on excised goods writes LETA.
Meanwhile, Latvian beer imports rose 12.1% y-o-y to 82.15 mln
liters in the eight months of 2018.
Overall, 118.43 mln liters of beer was distributed for
consumption in Latvia in the first eight months of this year, up 4.6% on the
first eight months of 2017.
Latvian beer exports increased by 20.5% y-o-y to 19.93 mln liters in January-August 2018.
As reported, Latvia produced 72.06 mln liters of beer in 2017, which was an 11% rise against 2016.