OREANDA-NEWS. January 13, 2011. Belarus’ output of soft drinks rose 18.4% year-on-year in January-November 2010 to 519.9 billion Belarusian rubles (Br), the National Statistics Committee said in a statement.

In volume terms, soft drink output reached 33.2 million decaliters, up 23.1% on the year in the first eleven months, and mineral water output was at 351.2 million half-liters, up 12.6%.

Drinking water production amounted to 9.258 million decaliters, up 23.6%.

Inventories of soft drinks were at 47.3% of the average monthly output.