Belarus sets 2021 hard liquor production quotas

<p> MINSK, Dec 29 - PrimePress. Belarus has approved quotas for production of various kinds of alcoholic beverages in 2021 (government resolution No.764 of December 26, 2020 posted on the National Legal Internet Portal). </p> <p>   </p> <p> The annual quota for vodka and alcoholic beverages in 2021 remains at 10.951 million decaliters (dal) as in 2020; fruit vodka – up 35.3% to 11,500 dal; grape vodka – down 28.5% to 2,500 dal. </p> <p>   </p> <p> The quota for production of fruit and berry natural wines was reduced by 0.7% to 4.657 million dal; grape wines – down 6.9% to 3.886 million dal; calvados – down 44.8% to 16,000 dal; rum – remains at 31,500 dal. </p> <p>   </p> <p> Quota for production of fortified fruit vintage wines of improved quality produced by a special technology is reduced by 2.9% to 4.531 million dal; cognac – up 5.2% to 629,000 dal; brandy – up 20.5% to 200,000 dal; fruit brandy – down 33.3% to 2,000 dal; whiskey – up 1.3% to 231,000 dal. </p> <p>   </p> <p> The annual quota for champagne and sparkling wines remains at 1.9 million dal; tequila – remains at 14,500 dal; grain liquors – up 14.6% to 220,000 dal; special wine drinks – down 56.5% to 30,000 dal. The quota for special fortified fruit wines is set at 60,000 dal (no quota for 2020); fruit in fruit wine – remains at 2,000 dal (same as in 2020). </p> <p>   </p> <p> The quota for production of Geist is set at 1,000 dal (same as in 2020); hard liquor – up 9.9% to 501,000 dal. Output of rectified ethyl alcohol from food raw materials in 2020 will amount to 8.484 million dal of ethyl alcohol (down 2.8% year on year); non-food ethyl alcohol – 1.045 million dal of ethyl alcohol (down 8%). End </p>

2020-12-30

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