In Russia in October, beer production increased by 21% while vodka production declined by 5.1%

Moscow. 29th of November. INTERFAX.RU - Russian breweries produced 63.2 million deciliters (dal) of beer in October, which is 20.8% more than in the same month last year, Rosstat reported. Compared to September, production decreased by 5.5%. Over 10 months, beer production increased by 0.4%, to 705 million decaliters. The bottling of natural mineral water and drinking water last month amounted to 1.6 billion bottles (0.5 liters), which is 27% more than last year and 0.8% higher than in September this year. Over 10 months, production amounted to 17.7 billion bottles, which is 16.2% more than last year. Referring to data from Rosalkogoltabakcontrol, Rosstat reported that vodka production in October amounted to 8.4 million decaliters, decreasing by 5.1% compared to October 2022. But compared to the last month of this year, the increase was 7.8%. 2 million decaliters of sparkling and champagne wines were produced in October, which is 11.9% less than in October 2022, but 17.6% more ...