OREANDA-NEWS. On 02 September 2009 was announced, that Belarus’ output of soft drinks fell 2.1% year-on-year in January-July 2009 to 20 million decaliters, the National Statistics Committee said in a statement.

Sales of soft drinks were at 16.9 million decaliters in January-July, up 5.3% on the year; soft drinks produced in Belarus accounted for 94.5% of all sales, down 0.1 of a percentage point on the year.