Global beer market 2011: +3.3 percent
The volume of beer produced on a global scale in 2011 increased by 61.7 million hectoliters to 1.925 billion hectoliters over the previous year, according to the Barth Report for 2012. This amounts to growth of 3.3 percent in the beer market worldwide. Every continent exhibited growth but at very different levels. China continues to hold on to first place as the largest beer-producing country, far ahead of the USA in second place, followed by Brazil, Russia and Germany.
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