Seychelles: Diageo completes disposal of shareholding in Seychelles Breweries

Guinness brewer Diageo announced on July 1 that it has completed the sale of its 54.4% shareholding in Seychelles Breweries Limited to Phoenix Beverages Limited, a subsidiary of Mauritius-based IBL ...
Published 01/07/2025 Outros

Lithuania: Alcohol consumption declines in 2024 but beer remains the leader in terms of volume

The Lithuanian Department of Drugs, Tobacco and Alcohol has reported that the consumption of officially sold alcohol per person decreased last year, continuing a downward trend. It should be noted ...
Published 01/07/2025 Outros

Ukraine: New crop barley prices slightly up this week

Prices for new crop barley in Ukraine increased slightly last week. Support came from active demand by traders, processing enterprises, and the insufficient supply from farmers, who were in no ...
Published 01/07/2025 Outros

Argentina: Economy Ministry maintains lower export duties for barley and wheat, restores those for soybean and corn to January values

Argentina’s Economy Ministry passed a decree restoring soybean and corn export duties to their January values from July 1 onwards. Barley and wheat will remain subject to lower duties until ...
Published 01/07/2025 Outros

Ireland: Diageo-owned Roe & Co distillery to pause production

Diageo-owned Roe & Co has become the fifth Irish whiskey distillery to pause production, following Pernod Ricard’s Midleton Distillery, Tullamore and Dublin Liberties Distillery, Drinks Digest reported on July 1. A ...
Published 01/07/2025 Outros

Germany: German beer becoming more diverse and experimental

Germany has had its beer purity law for more than 500 years stipulating that beers produced in Germany for the German market may only be brewed using hops, malt, yeast ...
Published 01/07/2025 Outros

UK: Hot, dry weather drives an early start to barley harvest season

Farmers across the UK are rolling out their combines earlier than usual, as hot, dry weather drives an early start to the 2025 harvest season, Farmers Weekly reported on June ...
Published 01/07/2025 Outros

Ukraine: Spring barley area declines this year

This year, Ukrainian farmers sowed 753.3 thousand hectares with spring barley, which is 80.7 thousand hectares less than last year (834 thousand hectares), AgroTimes reported on June 30, with reference ...
Published 01/07/2025 Outros

Brazil: Heineken begins modernisation of its Minas Gerais brewery

The Heineken Group has begun the modernisation process at its brewery in Passos, Minas Gerais, and expects to start bottling beer in the coming months. The operation aims to increase ...
Published 01/07/2025 Outros

France: Spring barley harvesting begins in France

Winter wheat and spring barley harvesting began in France, and the winter barley harvest has made significant progress. According to the state agency FranceAgriMer, 1% of the area under winter wheat ...
Published 28/06/2025 Outros