OREANDA-NEWS. February 04, 2010. Belarus’ output of soft drinks fell 6.8% year-on-year in January-December 2009 to 29.8 million decaliters, the National Statistics Committee said in a statement.

Inventories of soft drinks were at 1.2 million decaliters as of January 1, 2010, 46.9% of the average monthly output.

Sales of soft drinks were at 28.3 million decaliters in January-December, up 4.1% on the year; soft drinks produced in Belarus accounted for 93.9% of all sales, down 0.5 of a percentage point on the year.