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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%; …

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 …

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 …

Press release No. 324 of 1 August 2022 Beer sales up 3.8% in the 1^st 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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Press release No. 285 of 30 July 2020 Beer sales down 6.6% in the 1^st half of 2020 year on year

In the first six months of 2020, beer sales decreased by 6.6%, or 302.5 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 …

Press release No. 032 of 30 January 2020 Sales of beer down 1.9% in 2019

As reported by the Federal Statistical Office, the beer producing and storing establishments in Germany sold 9.2 billion litres of beer in 2019. That was a decrease of 1.9% from the previous year.

Press release No. 423 of 31 October 2019 Sales of beer down 2.0% in the first nine months of 2019

As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the beer producing and storing establishments in Germany sold 7.1 billion litres of beer in the first nine months of 2019. That was a decrease of 2.0% from the corresponding period of the …

Press release No. 404 of 16 October 2019 Tax paid on more cigarettes in the third quarter of 2019

As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the quantity of cigarettes on which tax was paid in Germany increased by 2.2% in the third quarter of 2019 compared with the same quarter a year earlier. The total value of tobacco products in …

Press release No. 290 of 1 August 2019 Sales of beer down 2.7% in the first half of 2019

As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the beer producing and storing establishments in Germany sold 4.6 billion litres of beer in the first half of 2019. That was a decrease of 2.7% from the corresponding period of the previous …

Press release No. 170 of 2 May 2019 Sales of beer up 2.4% in the first quarter of 2019

As reported by the Federal Statistical Office, the beer producing and storing establishments in Germany sold 2.0 billion litres of beer in the first quarter of 2019. That was an increase of 2.4% from the corresponding period of the previous year.

Press release No. 133 of 4 April 2019 2018: alcohol tax revenue up 4.9%

In 2018, 186 million litres of alcohol were taxed in Germany. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that this was a year-on-year increase of 4.9%.

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