Beer sales drop slightly in the January to November period 2012

Beer sales in Germany in November 2012 dropped 2.8 percent year-on-year and reached 7.26 million hl. In the January to November period, 89.4 million hl beer were sold. That’s a loss of one percent over the same period in 2011.

Sales of beer mixes (radlers and shandies) reached 3.59 million hl in the eleven months of 2012 (+13.8 percent), while beer exports came to 11.39 million hl (0.2 percent).

Overall, the German beer market in 2012 was considered stable.