Beer Consumption In Germany Hits 20-Year Low

According to figures released by Germany’s Federal Statistical Office, in March domestic sales of beer fell by 10.9% year-on-year; exports were also down, falling by 13.3% over the same period.

Over the first quarter of this year German beer sales dropped to 19.9 million hectolitres, the lowest amount for at least 20 years. Volume dropped 4.3% to the lowest level since 1993, when the data were adjusted to exclude alcohol-free beer.  Beer sales have shrunk for 37 years since peak consumption in Germany of 151 liters per capita in 1976, according to the federation.
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