Brewers, past two-digit growth period - Azi

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Beer sales advanced by only 5% in the first four months of this year against the same period of 2007, with last year"s performance, a 27% increase, not being repeated this year.

Thus, 2008 is the first year after 2005 when brewers see a growth rate of below 10% in January-April period and particularly a decline in January, of around 12%. The figures, however, can be explained, and were even anticipated by producers, given that the high temperatures seen in the first half of 2007 were not...

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