Date: April, 2004
Abstract: The favorable malt market in Russia - which has more than doubled in size in the last five years - has attracted many investors in the malting business. The economic recovery of the late 1990s prompted a rise in beer consumption, in contrast to mature markets like the EU. As a result, many international breweries have set foot in the Russian beer market. However, since the malting industry in Russia was not able to keep pace with the breweries’ requirements for malt of appropriate qu...
Research Type: Industry Note