World: Beer production estimated to have increased slightly last year for the first time in five years

For the first time in five years, world beer production rose slightly in 2019 compared to the previous year, by around nine million to 1.913 billion hectolitres. This is one of the first results from the Barth Haas report Hop 2019/2020, which is expected to be published in early October and which reflects the situation before the corona crisis. Largest beer producing countries were again China, the United States, Brazil, Mexico and Germany, Inside.beer reports.

Europe shows an almost unchanged aggregated beer production. However, Spain achieved a plus of 1.2 million hectolitres, while in Germany there was minus two million hectolitres and Poland a minus of 1.1 million hectolitres.

America owed its growth in particular to Mexico (+ 4.4 million hl) and Brazil (+3.4 million hl). In contrast, the USA lost 3.6 million hectolitres in 2019.

China was still the largest beer producer in the world (around 376 million hl) but lost another - 4.7 million hl in 2019 after a heavy loss in output by almost 60 million hl the year before.

Overall Asia produced in 2019 6.8 million hl more than in the previous year with most of the growth coming from Cambodia (+ 5 million hl), Vietnam (+3 million hl) and Thailand (+2.4 million hl), according to Barth Haas.

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