Beer production has increased in Ukraine, but not everything is as good as it seems

In the first months of 2025, Ukraine significantly increased beer production. This was reported by the Ukrainian industry company "Ukrpivo". "The expert assessment of the volume of beer production in Ukraine (except for non-alcoholic beer with an alcohol content of up to 0.5% vol.) for 3 months of 2025 is - 29.0 million dal, which is 106.9% compared to the same period in 2024," experts say. We should also note that in the 11 months of last year, beer production in Ukraine increased by 4.9% compared to the same period in 2023. At the same time, everything is not as good as it might seem at first glance, because even the indicators of the first months of this year are only 85% of the production volumes for the three months of pre-war 2021. Among the reasons for the decline in production, experts cite disruptions in supply and distribution chains related to military operations. Exports of the popular alcoholic beverage also failed to return to pre-war levels – at least, if we ...