Country profle
Population
7
10,839,905
Currency
Euro
GDP per capita in PPS (2009, EU27 = 100)
8
116
1 | Highlights
Beer market
2008
2009
2010
Total production (in hectolitres)
18,565,000
18,008,800
18,122,662
Total exports (in hectolitres)
10,597,000
10,224,000
10,608,152
Total imports (in hectolitres)
1,169,000
894,000
925,259
Total consumption (in hectolitres)
9,137,000
8,680,000
8,439,769
Consumption of beer per capita (in litres)
82
81
78
Beer producing companies
(including micro brewing companies)
124
123
Breweries (including micro-breweries)
135
135
Economic impact
2010
Compared to 2008
Total jobs due to beer
48,700 jobs
-9.9%
Total value added due to beer
2,350 million euro
+6.1%
Total government revenues due to beer
1,858 million euro
-8.7%
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Source : The Union of Belgian Brewers (2011)
7
Source : Eurostat, data per december 31
st
2010
8
Source : Eurostat, 2011
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