OREANDA-NEWS. February 03, 2011. Belarus’ output of soft drinks rose 17.9% year-on-year in January-December 2010 to 563.4 billion Belarusian rubles (Br), the National Statistics Committee said in a statement.

In volume terms, soft drink output reached 35.4 million decaliters, up 22.6% on the year in 2010, and mineral water output was at 377.9 million half-liters, up 12%.

Drinking water production amounted to 10.051 million decaliters, up 23.2%.

Inventories of soft drinks were at 47.2% of the average monthly output.