Beverages and tobacco

In 2012, the value (in current prices) of exports of non-alcoholic beverages, nes (SITC group 111) continued to grow by 2.9 percent and amounted to 19.2 bln US$ (see tables 1 and 2). During the same period, imports also increased by 3.7 percent to reach 18.3 bln US$ in 2012 (see tables 1 and 3). Graph 1 shows that the increase in exports for 2012 in this product group exceeded the increases in world exports of food, live animals, beverages and tobacco (SITC sections 0+1) of 1.2 percent and in total world exports of 0.3 percent. Exports of non-alcoholic beverages, nes (SITC group 111) accounted for 1.6 percent of world exports of SITC sections 0+1 and 0.1 percent of total world exports in 2012 (see table 1).

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