Sales of imported strong alcohol in Russia in the January-September period returned and in some categories even exceeded pre-crisis 2021 indicators. about this writes Kommersant cites data from the ETA.lab agency.
According to the results of the first nine months, Russians purchased 2.43 million branches of foreign whiskey; This is 28% higher than last year’s result and only 1.2% behind the value for the same period in 2021.
On the other hand, in the January-September period, sales of imported brandy increased by 38.5% compared to three years ago, reaching 4.1 million decalitres. Foreign rum sales increased by 13.1 percent in three years, reaching 822 thousand decaliters.
In August, European Union member countries unexpectedly reduced Export of whiskey to the Russian market. The supply volume in this direction decreased by 21% physically and 11% in monetary terms compared to the previous month.
Previously Russia reduced EU wine imports are at a 20-year low.
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Source: Gazeta
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