BRAZIL: AmBev Q3 and YTD figures released

By just-drinks.com editorial team | 19 October 2005

AmBev has announced the sales volumes for the third quarter of this year. The company said today (19 October) that total beer volumes for the three-month period rose by 4.4% year-on-year to 21.86m hectolitres, while soft drinks were up by 6.8% at 7.388m hl.

In Brazil, beer sales increased in the quarter by 3.4% to 14.485m hl, with soft drinks up by 6.2% at 4.7m hl. Beer volume sales in Hispanic Latin America rose by 10.7% to 4.267m hl, while soft drinks were up by 8.1% at 2.69m hl. In North America, the company saw total volumes rise slightly, by 1.2% to 3.1m hl.

For the year to date, Brazilian beer and soft drinks volume sales rose by 10% and 6.1% respectively, with both sectors registering 10.9% rises in Hispanic Latin America. North America saw volume sales for the year so far down by 3.3%. Overall sales were up by 8.3% for beer, and by 7.8% for soft drinks.

AmBev is scheduled to issue an earnings release on 3 November.

Sectors: Beer & cider, Soft drinks

Companies: AmBev