OREANDA-NEWS. On 26 August 2009 was announced, that Belarus’ beer output decreased 7.1% on the year in January-July 2009 to 20.4 million decaliters, a representative in the National Statistics Committee told.

In July, beer output rose 21.3% on the month and 3.6% on the year.

Beer sales rose 5.1% on the year to 15.021 million decaliters.