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In 2024, EU countries produced 32.7 billion (bn) litres of beer containing more than 0.5% alcohol and 2bn litres of beer with less than 0.5% alcohol or with no alcohol content at all, totalling 34.7bn litres. 

Compared with 2023, the production of beer with more than 0.5% alcohol in the EU increased slightly by 0.6% (+0.2bn litres), while the production of beer with less than 0.5% alcohol rose by 11.1% (+0.2bn litres).  

The list of top EU producers remains unchanged in 2024. Germany continued to lead as the top producer of beer with more than 0.5% alcohol, with 7.2bn litres (22.2% of the total EU production), the same as in 2023. Germany was followed at a distance by Spain, with 4.0 bn litres (12.3% of the total EU production) and Poland with 3.4bn litres (10.6%).  The Netherlands, with 2.2bn litres (6.8%) and Belgium, with 2.1bn litres (6.3%), also featured in the top 5 producers. 

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Source dataset: DS-056120

The Netherlands top exporter and France top importer

Maintaining its record as the top exporter of beer, the Netherlands led among EU countries with a total (intra- and extra-EU) of 1.5bn litres of beer containing alcohol exported in 2024. Compared with 2023, however, this country saw a decrease of 12% (-0.2bn litres) in beer exports. 

The Netherlands was followed by Germany and Belgium (both exporting 1.4bn litres), Czechia (0.6bn litres) and Ireland (0.5bn litres) as the main exporters in 2024.

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For imports, France continued to be the largest importer of beer containing alcohol in 2024, with 0.8 bn litres. The other big importers were Italy with more than 0.7bn litres, followed by Spain and Germany each with almost 0.6bn litres, and the Netherlands with almost 0.5bn litres. 

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Source dataset: DS-045409 

This news article marks International Beer Day, celebrated each year on the first Friday of August.

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Methodological notes for production data

  • Ranking based on available and non-confidential data.
  • The Netherlands and Poland: values used refer to “the production quantity on own account” (code OWNPRODQNT), because total sold production (the sum of the production on own account and the production under sub-contracted operations) data is not available due to confidentiality.
  • Cyprus, Luxembourg and Malta: exempt from providing data on production due to their economic sizes.
  • Slovenia: data not available due to confidentiality.

Methodological notes on trade data 

Dutch and Belgian trade flows are over-estimated because of the so-called ‘Rotterdam effect’ (or quasi-transit trade): goods originating in other EU countries that are exported through Dutch and Belgian ports are, according to EU rules, recorded as extra-EU exports by the Netherlands and Belgium. Similar considerations apply to imports from countries outside the EU that arrive in Dutch and Belgian ports and are re-exported to other EU countries.

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