OREANDA-NEWS. February 03, 2011. Belarus’ OJSC Olivaria, a brewery based in the city of Minsk, produced 7.15 million decaliters of beer in January-December 2010, an increase of 12.6% on the year, a representative in Belgospischeprom stated.

In December 2010, beer output rose 24.8% on the year to 548,000 decaliters.

Beer offering in plastic bottles rose 15.2% to 5.055 million decaliters in January-December, in glass bottles rose 0.7% to 1.606 million decaliters, and in kegs rose 14% to 420,000 decaliters. Beer offering in cans reached 70,000 decaliters.

The brewery accounted for 18% of Belarus’ beer production in January-December 2010, down 0.9 of a percentage point year-on-year.

Olivaria beer sales rose 11.4% on the year in 2010 to 7.09 million decaliters.

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. Carlsberg now owns 67.8% in the brewery.