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Population
1
5,363,351
Currency
Euro
GDP per capita in PPS (2009, EU27 = 100)
2
113
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Beer market
2008*
2009
2010
Total production (in hectolitres)
4,470,000
4,491,000
4,235,000*
Total exports (in hectolitres)
3
183,000
171,000
205,000
Total imports (in hectolitres)
471,000
422,000
622,000
Total consumption (in hectolitres)
4,673,000
4,682,000
4,625,000
Consumption of beer per capita (in litres)
89.2
88.9
87.4
Beer producing companies
(including micro brewing companies)
18
18
25
Beer producing companies
(excluding micro brewing companies)
3
3
3
Breweries (including micro-breweries)
120
20
25
Breweries (excluding micro-breweries)
5
4
3
Companies that only import beer for sale
-
-
24 (+8 restaurants)
Economic impact
2010
Compared to 2008
Total jobs due to beer
17,400 jobs
-0.6%
Total value added due to beer
778 million euro
-7.7%
Total government revenues due to beer
1,319 million euro
+13%
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Source : Finnish Federation of the Brewing and Soft Drinks Industry : 2008 : Panimoliitto,
2009 : The Brewers of Europe 2010 : Questionnaire 2011
* Source : This does not include production of companies that are not a member of the Finnish Federation.
The fgures of these companies are not known.
1
Source : Finnish Federation of the Brewing and Soft drinks Industry
2
Source : Eurostat, 2011
3
These fgures do not include tax free sales.
4
In our 2009 report the export numbers for 2008 were lower. These numbers were extracted from other statistics : Panimoliitto and The Brewers of Europe report
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