Ukraine: The brewing sector has dropped by one third in September 2006
Beer exports shortened by 32.6% or by 114,962 hl in September 2006, The Russian Brewers Union released October 25 citing the Ukrainian Statistics Commission. For the same month, beer exports recorded a 6.5% decrease year-on-year, meaning by 16,592 hl.
In January-September, bee shipments performed a general 20.2% increase year-on-year, meaning by 411,438 hl and totaled 2.445 million hl worth 66.09 million US$.
As it was mentioned before, in August 2006, beer exports hiked by 9.3% (+29,900 hl) against July 2006 reaching 352,683 hl worth US$9.70 million.
In 2005, the Ukrainian beer shipments increased by 20.7% year-on-year (+446,805 hl) and totaled 2.609 million hl worth US$67.67 million.
Kiev-based Obolon brewery is still the Ukrainian leading beer exporter.