Beer imports rose by 41% or 814,880 liters in March, compared to February, to 2,803,670 liters for USD 2.09 million.

This was disclosed in a statement of the State Statistics Committee.

In March, as well as in the previous month, beer was imported mainly from Russia (1,905,400 liters or 68% of the total beer imports).

In March 2008, beer imports rose by 82.4% or 1,266,160 liters, compared to March 2007.

In January-March 2008 beer imports rose by 112.3% or 3,124,720 liters compared to January-March 2007, to 5,908,460 liters for USD 4.42 million.

As Ukrainian News earlier reported, beer imports rose by 78.2% or 872,800 liters in February, compared to January, to 1,988,790 liters for USD 1.51 million.

Beer imports fell by 40.4% or 7,801,80 liters in 2007, compared to 2006, to 11,490,10 liters for USD 7.27 million.

Beer imports in March:

	March 2008		February 2008		March 2007
	thousand liters	USD million	thousand liters	USD million	thousand liters	USD million
Total	2,803.67	2.09	1,988.79	1.51	1,537.51	0.86
Russia	1,905.40	1.26	1,106.38	0.70	1,389.11	0.75
Czech Republic	265.27	0.21	157.65	0.13	56.31	0.05
Germany	159.93	0.11	257.47	0.18	31.75	0.02
Netherlands	135.58	0.13	107.76	0.10	21.52	0.03
Belgium	116.70	0.20	123.03	0.20	27.27	0.01

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