The Czech brewer, Kralovsky Pivovar Krusovice, posted a profit of CZK41.5m for 2002, up from CZK600,000 in 2001. However, sales volumes continued a decline which began in 1997.
Output fell from 710,588 hls in 2001 to 687,000 hls in 2002. Volumes had been in excess of 1m hls in 1997.
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The brewer’s exports rose by 33% in 2002 from 57,127 hls to 76,150 hls. Germany is by some way the company’s largest export market, accounting for around two thirds of Krusovice’s total exports.
