BBH ups its beer sales by 43 %
The Scandinavian firm Baltic Beverages Holding (BBH) sold 18.29 million hl of beer in the former Soviet Union during 2000, 43.1 % more than in the preceding year. Sales totalled 14.34 million hl in Russia, 1.72 million hl in the Ukraine, and 1.99 million hl in the Baltic states. The company thus increased its market shares in Russia from 21.2% to 25.2%, and in the Ukraine from 14.4% to 16.9%. Its share in the Baltic states, by contrast, showed a slight decline. In the Ukraine, thanks to cooperation with PepsiCo, soft drinks production was upsized from 0.049 million hl to 0.24 million hl.
BBH produced 1.93 million hl of beer and other beverages overall in the Ukraine last year, a growth rate of 67 % compared with 50% in the preceding year.1% to €637 m.5%, and the Ukraine with 48%.8%.6%.
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