Press release No. N 031 of 26 June 2020
- 13.7 billion litres of mineral water produced in Germany in 2019
- 1st quarter of 2020: increase in production of 7.4 % year on year
- 913.8 million litres of still mineral water imported in 2019
- consumers faced above-average increase in prices of still mineral water (+7.6%) between 2015 and 2019
WIESBADEN – Temperatures go up and people get thirsty. Especially in the heat of summer, water is vital to us. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that the refreshment industry in Germany produced roughly 13.7 billion litres of natural mineral water in 2019. More than half of it (7.8 billion litres) was mildly carbonated or still mineral water. Between 2009 and 2019, the production of the “mildly carbonated” and “still” mineral water variants almost doubled (2009: 4.3 billion litres). By contrast, the production of strongly carbonated sparkling water declined by 12.2% between 2009 and 2019 when it amounted to 5.8 billion litres.
