OREANDA-NEWS. Malinovschina-based distillery Aquadiv (Minsk Region) produced 783,600 decalitres of liquor and vodka in January-November 2013, down 16.2% on the year, a company representative told.

Aquadiv's inventories stood at 155,800 dal as of December 1, 2013.

Aquadiv produced 3,700 dal of whiskey in Jan-Nov 2013, 199,400 dal of fruit wine in, down 41.1%; mineral water - 17,700 dal, down 20.3%; drinking water - 16,900 dal, down 47.7%.

The company had to suspend the output of vodka, liquor and brandy as well as soft beverages in September due poor sales, as Belarus' alcohol market is oversaturated due to overproduction.

Established in 1871, Malinovschina-based distillery Aquadiv produces vodka, brandy, fruit wine, pure alcohol, mineral and drinking water. The company sold Br211.872 billion (USD 22.539 million) worth of beverages in Jan-Nov 2013 to compare with Br220.09 billion worth of beverages produced in Jan-Nov 2012.