USA & Mexico: Constellation Brands faces challenge to US$1.5 billion brewery in Mexico

Constellation Brands will have to keep fighting for a new US$1.5 billion brewery in Mexico, after a petition for a public vote on its construction was accepted for consideration by ...
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Romania: Romania ranked eighth-largest beer producer in the EU

With 16.05 million hectolitres produced in 2017, Romania is the eighth-largest beer producer in Europe, Romania-Insider.com reported on December 19. The country ranks seventh in Europe for consumption, with 16.11 million ...
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Australia: Hop Products Australia announces second trial of hop variety currently known as HPA-016

Hop Products Australia has announced the second trial of a new hop variety, currently known as HPA-016, Australian Brews News reported on December 19. The as-yet-unnamed hop has been described by ...
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China: Barley and soybeans imports to China altered by politics issues

The retaliatory Chinese import duty on U.S. soybeans had altered the soybean flow to China from North to South America and depressed U.S. soybean price levels by USD 50,- per ...
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South Africa: Diageo sells sorghum beer business United National Breweries to Delta Corporation

Diageo has entered into an agreement for the sale of United National Breweries (UNB), its sorghum beer business in South Africa, to Delta Corporation Limited, The Wall Street Transcript reported ...
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Vietnam: Foreign investors casting covetous glances at Vietnamese beer market

Foreign investors have tried to hold dominant stake in Vietnamese beer companies in a move to rapidly control the local market, which is now among the few ones in the ...
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Malaysia: Malaysian brewers contributed 0.3% to GDP in 2016

Malaysian brewers chipped in RM3.7 billion or 0.3% to the gross domestic product in 2016, The Edge Markets MY reported on December 19. In a statement on December 18, the Confederation ...
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Rwanda: Skol Brewery grows market share by 20% this year

Skol Brewery Rwanda Ltd grew its market share by 20 per cent in 2018 from 5 per cent in 2010, officials have said. The development was announced on December 18 as ...
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Belgium & USA: Boortmalt agrees to buy Cargill’s malt business

Axereal has agreed to buy the malt business of U.S. agri giant Cargill, in a deal that will bolster the French cooperative’s international reach, Reuters reported on December 20. The transaction ...
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Canada: Barley production expected up 6% in 2018-19

For 2018-19, Canadian barley production increased by 6% from 2017-18 to 8.4 million tonnes due to the higher harvested area, despite a lower yield, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada said in ...
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