In October, Russia experienced a significant increase in beer imports from the European Union, with the Czech Republic and Poland seeing the highest increases of 1.9 and 5.7 times respectively, compared to the previous year. Despite this, overall EU beer exports to Russia in October decreased by 4% to 20.5 million euros, compared to the previous year. Notably, Germany, Latvia, and Lithuania saw decreases in their beer exports to Russia by 18%, 12%, and 41% respectively.