OREANDA-NEWS. August 20, 2010. Belarus’ OAO Olivaria, a brewery based in the city of Minsk, produced 4.04 million decaliters of beer in January-July 2010, an increase of 7.1% on the year, a representative in Belgospischeprom concern told.

In July, beer output rose 9% to 790,400 decaliters.

Beer offering in plastic bottles rose 10.7% to 2.798 million decaliters in January-July, in glass bottles decreased 7.8% to 941,400 decaliters, and in kegs rose 22.4% to 270,500 decaliters. Beer offering in cans reached 30,200 decaliters.

The brewery accounted for 18.1% of Belarus’ beer production in January-July 2010, down 0.4 percentage points year-on-year.

In January-July 2010, the company exported 48,600 decaliters of beer, up 243 times 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 in May 2008.