Belarusian Vodka, Hard Liquor Output Increased 1.8%
OREANDA-NEWS. April 26, 2011.
In March, vodka and hard liquor output rose 11.9% on the year to 1.4 million decaliters.
In the period, cognac output amounted to 68,000 decaliters, up 1.4% on the year. “
The production of sparkling wines went up 6.6% on the year in the period to 356,000 decaliters.
Grape wine output rose 26.2% to 593,000 decaliters.
The output of fruit wines rose 4.4% to 4.2 million decaliters.
Inventories of vodka and other liquors amounted to 1.5 million decaliters on April 1, 2011, 119.6% of the monthly output.
Vodka sales increased 1.9% on the year in January-March 2011 to 2.511 million decaliters. Sales of other hard drinks rose 40.9% to 482,600 decaliters, sales of grape wines went up 25.4% on the year to 744,100 decaliters.
Sales of cognac went up 40.7% to 85,700 decaliters, sales of sparkling wines went up 24.7% on the year to 311,800 decaliters. Sales of fruit wines increased 7.9% to 3.845 million decaliters.
The share of vodka in the sales of alcoholic beverages [in absolute alcohol terms on April 1, 2011] in
Fruit wine sales share decreased 0.5 of a percentage point to 29.9%.
The share of cognac edged up 0.3 of a percentage point to 1.5% and of sparkling wines rose 0.2 of a point to 1.5 percentage points.
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