According to the RF Federal Customs Service’s statistics, in January-November 2019 Russia’s export of vodka grew both in physical terms and value-wise.
It made 2.05 mn decalitres scaled down to 100% spirit, up 6% year-on-year, physically, and $142.3 mn, up 8.5%, in terms of value.
In November, Russia exported 280.1 thousand decalitres, up 20.5% year-on-year and up 5.7% month-on-month, worth $17.7 mn, up 18.8% year-on-year and up 3.5% month-on-month.
Alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages import during January-November grew by 11.4% year-on-year to exceed $2.7 bn.
In November, it was up 20.3% year-on-year and up 10.2% month-on-month to $348 mn.
Cigarettes and cigars import in January-November dropped by 61.7% down to $55.3 mn.
In November, it was down 66.9% year-on-year and up 69.7% month-on-month to $5.6 mn.