Fernando Miranda highlights the economic relevance of the Spanish beer sector and its importance in rural areas

Fernando Miranda highlights that Spain is the second largest beer producer in the European Union and eighth in the world. The Secretary General of Agrarian Resources and Food Safety, Fernando Miranda, has highlighted the economic relevance of the Spanish beer sector, which in 2023 remained the second largest producer in the European Union and eighth in the world, with a particular emphasis on its impact on the employment, with more than half a million jobs. Fernando Miranda has presided over the presentation of the 2023 socioeconomic report on the sector prepared by Cerveceros de España, in which he also highlighted this good state of development, which in turn has a great impact on the cultivation of raw materials used for manufacturing. of beer. Thus, it has indicated that more than 90% of the cereals used in the production of beer come from the Spanish countryside under normal circumstances and that the majority of the hops grown in Spain are destined for this industry. In his ...