OREANDA-NEWS. March 29, 2010. Belarusian output of soft drinks fell 3.5% year-on-year in January-February 2010 to 3 million decaliters, said in a statement the National Statistics Committee.

In February, production amounted to 1.5 million decaliters, up 8.3% on the year.

Inventories of soft drinks were at 1.2 million decaliters as of March 1, 2010, 83.1% of the average monthly output.

Sales of soft drinks were at 3.4 million decaliters in January-February, up 3.8% on the year; soft drinks produced in Belarus accounted for 91.3% of all sales, down 3.1 percentage points on the year.