Belarusian Retailers Sold 3.4 Billion Rubles Worth of Alcohol in First Half of the Year
Reform.news Editorial Team · 28 July 2026, 08:23
https://reform.news/en/belarusian-retailers-sold-3-4-billion-rubles-worth-of-alcohol-in-first-half-of-the-year/Sales of alcoholic beverages and beer through retail trade organizations totaled 3.4 billion Belarusian rubles in the first half of the year. This category accounted for 6.5% of total retail turnover, according to data published by Belstat.
Sales of alcoholic beverages, measured in terms of pure alcohol, increased by 0.3% year-on-year to just under 3.7 million decaliters during the first six months of the year.
Sales increased for:
- vodka, up 1.7% to 4.03 million decaliters;
- liqueurs and spirits, up 18.7% to 703,800 decaliters;
- cognac, cognac-based beverages, and brandy, up 7.1% to 692,100 decaliters;
- sparkling wines, up 1.6% to 1.03 million decaliters;
- low-alcohol beverages, up 5.1% to 2.377 million decaliters.
Sales declined for:
- grape wines, down 2.8% to 1.59 million decaliters;
- fruit wines, down 19.1% to 1.37 million decaliters;
- beer, down 1.4% to 18.88 million decaliters;
- other alcoholic beverages, down 7.5% to 579,400 decaliters.