Market Research Report Asia Pacific Alcoholic Beverages Market Demand,Bel | Page 4

• In 2016, the sales of the alcoholic drinks, in the volume terms, have
continued to decline although at a pace slower than that which was
in 2015. But this was not because of excise, which was the main
reason for the decline in 2015. This has happened because of the
harsh economic conditions in Belarus which resulted in low
disposable incomes of the consumers, thereby leading to reduction
in demand for alcoholic drinks.
• The government of Belarus has kept on regulating the alcoholic
drinks market all through 2016. Production quotas have been
imposed on wine and spirits to regulate their sales. Introduced in
2008, the Institute of Special Importers is a group of companies that
had been approved by the State and have the official permission to
import alcohol and alcoholic beverages from outside. All this has
resulted in domestic production dominating the sales scenario of
the alcohol in Belarus.