BERLIN: German beer gross sales dropped 4.5% final 12 months, resuming a long-term downward development, official figures confirmed Thursday. German-based breweries and distributors offered about 8.4 billion liters (2.2 billion gallons) of beer final 12 months, the Federal Statistical Workplace mentioned. That determine would not embody non-alcoholic beer and beer imported from outdoors the European Union.
In 2022, beer gross sales elevated 2.7% because of a restoration in demand at residence and within the EU following the tip of Covid-19 restrictions. However demand in each markets was decrease once more in 2023.
Gross sales inside Germany – greater than four-fifths of the whole – dropped 4.2% to six.9 billion liters (1.8 billion gallons).
Exports have been down 5.9% general. There was a comparatively modest 2.6% drop in gross sales to different international locations within the 27-nation EU, which purchased 784 million liters (207 million gallons) of German beer, whereas gross sales to different international locations have been down 9.6% at 646.7 million liters (170.8 million gallons).
German brewers have been fighting a long-term downward development fueled by well being considerations and different elements. The statistics workplace mentioned final 12 months’s gross sales have been 11.3% decrease than in 2013 and 25.3% decrease than in 1993.
In 2022, beer gross sales elevated 2.7% because of a restoration in demand at residence and within the EU following the tip of Covid-19 restrictions. However demand in each markets was decrease once more in 2023.
Gross sales inside Germany – greater than four-fifths of the whole – dropped 4.2% to six.9 billion liters (1.8 billion gallons).
Exports have been down 5.9% general. There was a comparatively modest 2.6% drop in gross sales to different international locations within the 27-nation EU, which purchased 784 million liters (207 million gallons) of German beer, whereas gross sales to different international locations have been down 9.6% at 646.7 million liters (170.8 million gallons).
German brewers have been fighting a long-term downward development fueled by well being considerations and different elements. The statistics workplace mentioned final 12 months’s gross sales have been 11.3% decrease than in 2013 and 25.3% decrease than in 1993.
