German beer sales up 2.7% in 2022 to 8.8 billion liters
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Last year, 8.8 billion liters of German beer were sold in the world, thus its sales grew by 2.7%. Such data on Wednesday, February 1, presented German Federal Statistical Office (Destatis).
Domestic sales in Germany increased 4% year-on-year to 7.2 billion liters, while still 5% below pre-pandemic 2019 levels. Sales rose despite price increases, Destatis estimates that beer prices in Germany rose by an average of 11% last year. Representatives of the brewing industry note that this is due to the rise in prices for energy carriers, as well as for most types of raw materials used in the manufacture of beer.
The export of beer from Germany to the EU countries in 2022 increased by 7.8%, amounting to 805.1 million liters. Exports to other countries decreased by 12.4% to 715.9 million liters. There are no country-specific data in the Destatis report.
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