Germany's beer sales in 2023 saw a decrease of 4.5% to approximately 8.4 billion liters, as reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). This decline comes after a 2.7% increase in the previous year, marking a continuation of a downward trend that has seen beer sales fall by 11.5% since 2013 and 25.3% since 1993. Both domestic beer sales and exports experienced a decrease, with domestic sales falling by 4.2% to 6.9 billion liters and exports by 5.9% to 1.4 billion liters. The data does not account for non-alcoholic beer and malt drinks, or beer imported from non-EU countries.