ArmInfo.The coronavirus crisis has seriously affected the alcoholic beverages industry in Armenia - the alcohol market is experiencing a negative trend, and restrictive measures that lasted for months make it impossible to restore the former production and sales volumes. In particular, in January-July 2020, the dynamics of absolutely all alcoholic beverages produced in the country turned towards a decline, whereas a year earlier, in the same period, a significant increase was recorded.
According to the data of the Statistical Committee, Armenia produced 18.6 million liters of brandy with a y-o-y decline of 12.3% (against 46.3% growth a year earlier). The volume of wine produced in Armenia decreased by 24% y-o-y (against 37.8% growth a year earlier) - to 4.8 million liters, champagne - by 26% (against 18.3% growth a year earlier) - to 221.7 thousand liters. The production of vodka also decreased - by 24.5% y-o-y (against 40.8% growth in the previous year) - to 2 mln liters, and beer production - by 11.3% (against 14.7% growth a year earlier) - up to 14.2 million liters.
According to statistics, during the reporting period, Armenia produced 119.4 thousand liters of whiskey, which is 76.4% less than a year ago (against 27.3% growth a year earlier).
