Portugal was responsible for 2% of beer produced in the EU in 2021 | Beer
European Union countries were responsible for a production of 33.13 million liters of beer last year, an increase of 2.80% compared to 2020 – the year in which the covid-19 pandemic left many places of consumption, such as bars and restaurants, closed for several months.
Portugal, according to european statistical entitybeer produced 710.55 million liters of – around 1.14% of the EU total in 2021.
The data, released this Tuesday by Eurostat, represent a 1.99% growth in beer production in Portugal – which owns groups such as Sociedade Central de Cervejas, Super Bock Group (formerly Unicer), Empresa de Cervejas da Madeira , in addition to the Spaniards from Font Salem, with a unit in national territory (formerly Cintra), in addition to several microbrewers.
Germany, with a 23% share of production (7.5 billion litres), led the group of EU countries in 2021, followed by Poland and Spain, both with 3.7 billion litres, % of the country’s total production. EU” each.
The Netherlands, with 2.5 billion liters or 7% of the EU’s total production, are the main exporters, selling 1.9 billion beer to other European countries and the rest of the world. This is followed by Belgium (1.8 billion) and Germany (1.6 billion litres).
On the other hand, the biggest importer was France, with 800 million liters.