The Russian brewer Yarpivo has reported a 7% rise of sales for the first three months of the year. The company sold about 110 million litres of beer in January-March 2003 versus 103 million litres for the same period of 2002. Sales volumes for the first three months of the year were estimated at 1,184 million RUB (1 EUR = 34.3108 RUB) 22% up compared to the same period of 2002 (974,298 thousand RUB). In 2003 Yarpivo launched a new brand called Volga Yachmenoie (Volga Barley) in 1.5 l PET bottle.

02 April, 2003