World: The latest beer sales figures for 2006

The latest beer sales figures for 2006: total Europe plus 3,4 %, all America plus 3,6 %, Africa and Middle East plus 4,7 %, Asia plus 9,9 %.

The country figures for Asia are staggering: China 351.5 million hl, that is + 14.7 %, Thailand 20,1 million hl, that is + 18,7 %, Vietnam more than 15 million hl, that is about + 10 %. There is an estimate that Indian beer sales will increase by 17.2 % annually till 2011, which means that the output would go up from 7.8 million hl in 2005 to 20.2 million hl by 2011.

East European countries excel as well, Russia 99.9 million hl (plus 9,8 %), Ukraine plus 12,4 %, Latvia plus 8,7 %.