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Press release No. 050 of 8 February 2023 In 2022 the quantity of cigarettes taxed in Germany was down 8.3% year on year
In 2022, 65.8 billion cigarettes were taxed in Germany.The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that this was a decrease of 6.0 billion, or 8.3%, compared with 2021. The decrease was markedly larger than in the preceding years (2021: -2.8%; …
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Press release No. 042 of 1 February 2023 Slight increase in beer sales in 2022
In 2022, the beer producing and storing establishments in Germany sold roughly 8.8 billion litres of beer.The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that this was an increase in beer sales of 2.7%, or 232.6 million litres, compared with …
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Press release No. N 072 of 20 December 2022 Christmas facts
Whether it' a Norway spruce or Nordmann fir – for many people Christmas is not complete without a real Christmas tree. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that Christmas trees were grown on an area of 20,100 hectares outside the forests …
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Press release No. 324 of 1 August 2022 Beer sales up 3.8% in the 1st half of 2022 year on year
Beer sales increased by 3.8%, or 157.2 million litres, in the first six months of 2022 compared with the same period a year earlier. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the breweries and beer warehouses in Germany sold roughly …
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Press release No. N 033 of 30 May 2022 Number of women dying of lung and bronchial cancer significantly higher than 20 years ago
Approximately 75,500 people died of smoking-specific illnesses in Germany in 2020. 46,100 of these cases were due to lung, bronchial, laryngeal or tracheal cancer and 29,400 to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). To mark the World No …
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Press release No. 045 of 1 February 2022 Beer sales down also in the second year of the coronavirus crisis
In 2021, the beer producing and storing establishments in Germany sold roughly 8.5 billion litres of beer. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that this was a decrease in beer sales of 2.2%, or 187.7 million litres, compared with …
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Press release No. 019 of 14 January 2022 Sales of tobacco products, 2021: fewer cigarettes, markedly more pipe tobacco than a year earlier
In 2021, the quantity of cigarettes taxed in Germany was down by 2.8% on 2020. As regards the sales of pipe tobacco, however, the upward trend of the last few years continued. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that the quantity of …
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Press release No. 364 of 30 July 2021 Beer sales down 2.7% in the 1st half of 2021 year on year
In the first six months of 2021, beer sales decreased by 2.7%, or 113.4 million litres, compared with the same period a year earlier. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the breweries and beer warehouses in Germany sold …
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Press release No. 148 of 25 March 2021 Continuing decline in alcohol consumption in the corona year 2020
Closed restaurants and bars, cancelled events, cross-border traffic limitations: the measures taken to contain the coronavirus pandemic led to a decline in the per capita alcohol consumption in Germany in 2020. The Federal Statistical Office …
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Press release No. 046 of 1 February 2021 Beer sales markedly down during the coronavirus crisis
In 2020, the year of the coronavirus pandemic, the beer producing and storing establishments in Germany sold roughly 8.7 billion hectolitres of beer. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that this was a decrease in beer sales of …
