OREANDA-NEWS. November 15, 2010. Belarus’ output of soft drinks rose 16.9% year-on-year in January-September 2010 to 449.3 billion Belarusian rubles (Br), the National Statistics Committee said in a statement.

In volume terms, soft drink output reached 29.3 million decaliters, up 20.7% on the year in the first nine months, and mineral water output was at 312 million half-liters, up 13.3%.

Drinking water production amounted to 7.87 million decaliters, up 24.8%.

Inventories of soft drinks were at 49.5% of the average monthly output, or 24.7 billion rubles in value terms.