February 19, 2010

In Russia, nearly half brewed beer than a year ago.

The results of the first month of 2010 have shown that in Russia made 31,1 mln.dal beer, which represents a level of 44,2% below the same period last year and 65,6% less in December 2009 of the year, reports Kommersant . Experts attribute this to the fold increase in the excise tax on beer (9 rubles per liter in 2010). According to experts, the result of increasing taxes on the one hand, was to raise retail prices, which could become the cause of the January changes in the beer market. On the other hand, the increase in excise breweries resorted to overproduction of beer in December, since the end of last year, many distributors have made every effort to fill the warehouses of the same commodity prices, so the beer purchased in quantities exceeding the standard for such period. However, according to the Russia manager's major brewer, January and February are not the most revealing months of the year on the impact of increased excise tax on the market. He believes that in 2010 the beer market to decline by 15-20%, whereas in 2009 set a 4,8% decrease. "Kommersant" noted that the sale of beer may also be limited made in parliament in last Monday's bill, which extends to the sale of beer the same number of restrictions, and that on alcoholic beverages. The sponsors propose to apply to the sale of beer ban the sale of arms, compulsory licensing and other restrictive measures. Last week the government was given a negative answer to a bill which proposed to increase the excise duty on alcohol-containing products to the level of excise duty on alcohol with a volume fraction of ethanol is higher than 9%. Back to news list