Bulgaria: Beer consumption in Bulgaria increased by 2.58% so far this year

About 3,1 million hectolitres of beer has been consumed in Bulgaria in January-August 2005, an increase by 2,58% year-on-year basis, according to figures revealed by the Bulgaria�s Brewers Union and Investor.bg.

The largest share in sales is held by Kamenitsa with some 207,000 million hectolitres of beer sold in August. It is followed by Zagorka and Karlsberg.

Over the first eight months of the year some 3,295 million hectolitres of beer have been produced. This data shows that the level of produced beer exceeds the level of the sold beer. Still, beer producers expect to catch up by the end of September.