Ukraine: January-June beer production up 4.2% compared to the same period in 2023

Ukraine’s January-June beer output totalled 6.79 million hectolitres (hl), up 4.2% compared to the same period in 2023, according to the website of the local brewers association Ukrpyvo.

Earlier it was reported that in 2023, beer production in Ukraine (except for non-alcoholic beer with alcohol content of up to 0.5 vol%) amounted to 13.34 million hl, 7.8% more than in 2022. This figure is only 78.3% of the country’s beer production in 2021.

Beer production in Ukraine in 2022 decreased by 27.9% compared to 2021 – to 12.28 million hl. By the end of 2022, the brewing industry had partially recovered after a 50% drop in production in the first quarter due to the Russian invasion and the shutdown of some breweries. Thus, in the first four months of the year, the decline amounted to 42.8% compared to the same period in 2021, 36.4% in January-May, 32% in January-June, 31.6% in January-July and January-August, 30.5% in January-September, 28.6% in January-October, 28.1% in January-November, and 27.9% in the previous year.

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