Statistics on alcohol sales, Q4 2009

The total registered turnover in 2009 was almost 26 million litres of pure alcohol. Of this, 11.5 million litres came from beer, while 8.9 and 5.1 million litres came from wine and spirits respectively. 0.5 million litres came from alcopops.

Less beer

The turnover of beer went down by 5.3 million litres or 2.0 per cent from 2008 to 2009. In the fourth quarter of 2009 the turnover of beer was at the same level as in the fourth quarter of 2008. The turnover was nearly 63 million litres in both quarters.

Constantly more wine

The registered turnover of wine rose by 2.6 million litres in 2009 compared to 2008. This is equivalent to a growth of 3.8 per cent. The turnover of alcopops went up by 385 000 litres and spirits by 53 000 litres in the same period. This is equivalent to a rise of 3.5 and 0.4 per cent respectively.

Tables:

• Table 1 Turnover of spirits, wine, beer and alco pops. 1 000 litres
• Table 2 Turnover of spirits, wine, beer and alco pops per capita 15 years and over. Litres