OREANDA-NEWS. February 17, 2010. Belarus’ OAO Olivaria, a brewery based in the city of Minsk, produced 398,000 decaliters of beer in January 2010, a decrease of 12.9% on the year, a representative in Belgospischeprom concern told.

Beer offering in plastic bottles fell 7% to 306,000 decaliters in January, in glass bottles decreased 28.8% to 79,000 decaliters, and in kegs declined 23.5% to 13,000 decaliters.

The brewery accounted for 17.6% of Belarus’ beer production in the first eleven months, down 0.9 of a percentage point year-on-year.

Olivaria beer sales amounted to 337,900 decaliters in January, down 3.7% on the year.

Olivaria was founded in 1864 and transformed into a joint stock company in 1994. In December 2006, Sweden’s BBH acquired a 30% stake in Olivaria by purchasing an additional issue of shares for USD 18.5 million.

Carlsberg A/S acquired a stake in Olivaria through a purchase of a BBH shareholding from Scottish&Newcastle.