Russian alcohol production volumes down in 2011

2012-01-31



The production of all types of alcohol in Russia, including vodka, brandy and wine, fell by 10% on average in 2011 year on year. Among the vodka producers operating on the market, Russky Alcohol (Russian Alcohol, yearly production output in 2011 – 13.7 million dal) owned by the international group CEDC remained the market leader, overtaking its main competitor Synergy (Sinergia, 12.8 million dal) by 2.2% in production volume. These were followed by Kristall (9.1 million dal), Omskvinprom (6 million dal) and Tatspirtprom (4.2 million dal). Despite the overall drop in production within the market, 16 alcohol producers achieved production levels of over 1 million dal in 2011.

In addition, a number of small local alcohol producers closed their businesses due to the government's refusal to grant them production licenses.

As Retail Update Russia reported in late October 2011, the two aforementioned leading alcohol producers in Russia swapped places in the ranking during the year, as in the first nine months of last year Synergy managed to overcome the previous market leader in this respect – Russky Alcohol.

According to Russia's Federal Statistics Service (Rosstat), the production of vodka in 2011 fell 9.5% to 86.3 million dal compared with the previous year, while brandy production dropped 10.2% to 8.1 million dal in comparison to the previous year. Stavropol-based Alvisa became the leading producer of brandy in 2011. Relatively good results have been reported by the champagne market, which was down only 1.5% year on year in 2011 to 22 million dal.