EU: Barley business slow all season long - analysts

Barley production in 2016/17 is forecast at 58.7 mln tonnes (last year 60.5), domestic consumption (incl. barley for malt export) at 54.1 mln (51.7), exports over the period July 1 ...
Δημοσίευση 16/03/2017 Περισσότερα

China: Beer sales drop 4.7% in 2016

Chinese beer sales were 450.6 mln hl 2016, which represents a 4.7% decline versus 2015 and an 8.4% decline versus 2012, H. M. Gauger GmbH reported. A further reduction is forecast. ...
Δημοσίευση 16/03/2017 Περισσότερα

Russia: Baltika Breweries expands capacity for production of non-alcoholic beer

Russia-based Baltika Breweries, part of the Carlsberg Group, has expanded its capacity for production of non-alcoholic beer, the Drinks Business Review reported on March 16. The company increased the number of ...
Δημοσίευση 16/03/2017 Περισσότερα

Indonesia: Indonesia’s only craft brewer tapping into demand for better quality beer

Defying an escalating anti-alcohol movement and conservative bureaucrats in the world's most populous Muslim-majority country, Indonesia's only craft brewer is tapping into demand for better quality booze among the country's ...
Δημοσίευση 16/03/2017 Περισσότερα

India: United Breweries asked by court to come up with deposit offer

Hearing an appeal filed by the United Breweries (Holdings) Ltd (UBHL), the high court on March 15 asked the company to come up with a deposit offer, and adjourned the ...
Δημοσίευση 16/03/2017 Περισσότερα

The Czech Republic: Budvar reports record beer output in 2016

Production of Budvar beer, which has been embroiled in a lengthy legal dispute with U.S. giant Anheuser-Busch over the use of the "Budweiser" brand, reached a record in 2016, ABC ...
Δημοσίευση 16/03/2017 Περισσότερα

Australia: Craft brewers demanding fairer tax deal from the Federal Government

Australia's booming craft beer industry is demanding a fairer deal from the Federal Government, saying the current tax regime is holding it back, ABC Online reported on March 17. The number ...
Δημοσίευση 16/03/2017 Περισσότερα

Switzerland & Germany: Ameropa AG to end its involvement in malting barley trading

Swiss-based grain trading group Ameropa AG said on March 16 it will end its involvement in malting barley trading and close its Hamburg-based malting barley trading house Interbrau GmbH at ...
Δημοσίευση 16/03/2017 Περισσότερα

Venezuela: Empresas Polar resisting government attacks

When Lorenzo Mendoza attends baseball games, crowds treat him like a star player. Baseball is Venezuela’s national sport and Mendoza, head of the Caracas-based food and drink producer Empresas Polar ...
Δημοσίευση 16/03/2017 Περισσότερα

Canada: Barley crop 2016 estimated at 8.8 mln tonnes, exports during present campaign are only 1.3 mln tonnes

Canada’s barley crop 2016 is estimated at 8.8 mln tonnes vs. 8.2 mln in 2015. Estimated exports are only 1.3 mln tonnes during the present campaign, H. M. Gauger GmbH ...
Δημοσίευση 16/03/2017 Περισσότερα