Netherlands: Dutch continue consuming less beer

The Dutch Central Statistics Bureau announced on September 12 that the Dutch go on with drinking less beer as wine consumption is increasing.

The Dutch consumed in 2004, 78 litres of beer per person which is a 14 % decrease as compared to the 91 litres per person consumed in 1990. On the other side, wine consumption went up for the same time period by 40 % to 20.6 litres per person for 2004.

In spite of this decreasing trend, the Netherlands is still the world's largest beer exporter, with exports of 14.5 million hectolitres valuing 1.3 billion EUR.

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