Ukrainian hops provide only 20% of the needs of brewing companies, the rest is imported

Over the past 30 years, the area of hop cultivation in Ukraine has decreased from almost 7.5 thousand hectares (1990) to 400 hectares (2022), that is, by 18.5 times. This amount of space provides only 20% of the hop needs of brewing companies, the rest is imported. This was noted by the participants of the round table of the Committee on Agrarian and Land Policy on the topic "Actual issues of legislative support for the development of the hop industry". Follow the news in a convenient format: Follow us on Twitter During the event, it was emphasized that the industry needs to achieve a balance in the use of Ukrainian and imported hop raw materials. Because currently, only regional breweries and some craft breweries use granulated hops of Ukrainian production. As a result of this policy, Ukrainian hop producers are practically pushed out of the Ukrainian market. On the other hand, the quality of Ukrainian hop products is not inferior to foreign ones and, according to its indicators, ...