In 2008, the total EU value-added due to beer amounted
to 55.3 billion euro, in 2009 it was almost 51.1 billion euro.
Graph 3.2 shows the trend over the last three years in
value added per sector. As can be seen, the value added
decreased most in the hospitality and retail sectors.
Graph 3.3 shows the same trend for the total value added
due to beer.
The 2010 total value-added related to the production and
sale of beer in the European Union (50 billion euro) is more
than for the example the gross domestic product (GDP)
of countries like Luxembourg (41 billion euro in 2010)
or Bulgaria (36 billion euro in 2010).
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The GDP of the
EU-27 in 2010 was some 11,984
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billion euro in 2010.
This means that the brewing sector’s contribution to the
economy of the European Union is approximately 0.42%
of total GDP. For 2008 we calculated that the contribution
was slightly higher, at 0.43%.
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Graph 3.2. / Development 2008-2010
in value added (billion euro) per sector
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Graph 3.3. / Development 2008-2010
in total value added (billion euro) due to beer
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Source : Ernst & Young calculation (2011)
(see Annex III for an explanation of the methodology).
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Source : Ernst & Young calculation (2011)
(see Annex III for an explanation of the methodology).
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10
15
20
25
30
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Value added hospitality and retail
Value added supplying sectors
Value added breweries
2010
2009
2008
Total value added due to beer
50
2010
2009
2008
56
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
Value added hospitality and retail
Value added supplying sectors
Value added breweries
2010
2009
2008
Total value added due to beer
50
2010
2009
2008
56
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Source : Eurostat, Annual national accounts, 2011.
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Source :EY data calculation, based on Eurostat : http ://appsso.Eurostat.ec.europa.eu/nui/show.do?dataset=nama_gdp_k&lang=en, July 2011
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