The EU produced 34 billion liters of beer in 2023. Germany leads with 22.3 percent of total production

2024-09-14 13:19:24Biznes SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

The EU produced 34 billion liters of beer in 2023. Germany leads with 22.3

According to Eurostat data, European Union countries produced a total of 34.3 billion liters of beer in 2023. Statistics say that last year EU countries produced 32.5 billion liters of beer with alcohol and 1.8 billion with 0.5 percent or completely free alcohol.

Compared to 2022, the production of beer with alcohol has decreased by five percent, while for non-alcoholic beer there has been an increase of 13.5 percent compared to 2022.

Germany is the country that achieved the best results in 2023 and produced a total of 7.2 billion liters of beer, representing 22.3 percent of the total in the European Union. Second on the list is Spain, with 4 billion liters, or 12.4 percent of EU production.

Poland ranked third with 3.5 billion liters, while the Netherlands fourth with 2.4 billion liters of beer. The fifth place was taken by Belgium with 2 billion, which is 6.3 percent of the total production of the EU.

In terms of exports, trade data shows that the Netherlands continued to lead this sector in 2023. This country exported a total of 1.8 billion liters of beer, followed by Germany, Belgium, the Czech Republic and Ireland.

France still remains the largest importer of beer containing alcohol in 2023, with 900 million litres, representing 17.1 percent of total EU imports. Other major importers were Italy with more than 700 million liters and Spain, the Netherlands and Germany with almost 600 million.


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