Evolution of brewing groups and private breweries (over 2.0 million hl per annum)
Table 1, a breakdown of total beer sales in the Federal States of Germany in 2000, indicates that total sales fell by 0.4%.
This drop is attributable to declines in Berlin/Brandenburg (-4.6%), Hesse (-3.8%), North Rhine-Westphalia (-2.3%), Baden-Württemberg (-0.2%) and Bavaria (-1.7%).
Biggest increases in sales were registered in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (+8.8%), Lower Saxony/Bremen (+3.3%), Rhineland-Palatinate and Saar
(+3.2%), Saxony-Anhalt (+3.9%), Thuringia (+1.4%) and Schles-wig-Holstein/Hamburg (+1.2). In the latter States, exports seem to have risen unless domestic sales have also increased.
When looking at Table 2 showing the evolution of brewing groups and private breweries, it is noteworthy that the Holsten Group, with a volume of 10. Becks & Co.8%..
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