The Netherlands are the no. 1 beer exporters
According to the most recent report of Produktschap voor Bier in the Netherlands, the Association of Dutch Breweries, per-capita beer consumption has levelled off at 84.4 l in the Netherlands in 1999.
A total of 24.5 million hl of beer have been produced in the Netherlands last year (1998: 23.98 million hl). 12.19 million hl of this (11.7 million hl) were exported. 12.32 million hl (12.27 million hl) were sold domestically. Together with almost 1 million hl of imported beer, total domestic beer sales were 13.3 million hl (13.22 million hl). Pils had a 90.2% share, non-alcoholic beer had 2.0%. Speciality beers accounted for the remainder.
The Netherlands are not just the world’s largest beer exporter but also export to the largest number of countries (170)..
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