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The Top 10 Brewers Worldwide in 2006 by volumes

InBev (213.6m hectolitres) Scottish & Newcastle (55.9 hl)
SABMiller (209.5 hl) Molson Coors (49.5 hl)
Anheuser-Busch (146.7 hl) Grupo Modelo (49.3 hl)
Heineken (130.5 hl) Tsingtao (45.4 hl)
Carlsberg (77.8 hl) FEMSA (37.7 hl)

Total world beer sales totalled approximately 158bn litres

Source: PlatoLogic Report 06 / ICAP

The Top 20 Beer Brands Worldwide in 2004 by volumes:

Bud Light (39m barrels) Polar - Cerveceria Polar (11m barrels)
Budweiser (36m barrels) Yanjing - Beijing Yanjing (11m barrels)
Skol - AmBev (27m barrels) Carlsberg (10m)
Corona Extra (23m barrels) Amstel - Heineken (10m)
Heineken (19m barrels) San Miguel Pale - San Miguel Corp (9m)
Brahma Chopp - AmBev (18m barrels) Snow - China Resources (9m barrels)
Miller Lite - SABMiller (18m barrels) Guinness (9m)
Coors Light - Coors (16m barrels) Natural Light - Anheuser-Busch (8m)
Asahi Super Dry (16m barrels) Stella Artois - Interbrew (8m)
Tsingtao (12m barrels) Baltika - Scottish & Newcastle / Carlsberg (8m)

Source: Impact - 1 hectolitre = 100 litres = 26.4 US Gallons = 0.85 US barrels

The Top 10 Domestic Beers in the US in 2005 by value share were:

Bud Light (15.4% share) Michelob Ultra Light (2.4%) Anheuser-Busch
Budweiser (8.9% share) Busch Light (2.3%) Anheuser-Busch
Miller Lite (8.1%) SABMiller Miller Genuine Draft (2.0%) SABMiller
Coors Light (6.9%) Coors Miller High Life (2.0%) SABMiller
Natural Light (3.3%) Anheuser-Busch Busch (1.9%) Anheuser-Busch

Source: Information Resources / Beverage Industry FDM channel

The Top 10 Imported Beers in the US in 2005 were:

Corona Extra (5.3% share) Grupo Modelo Amstel Light (0.6%) Heineken
Heineken (3.2% share) Beck's (0.5%) InBev
Corona Light (1.3%) Grupo Modelo Guinness (0.5%) Diageo
Tecate (0.9%) FEMSA Modelo Especial (0.5%) Grupo Modelo
Labatt Blue (0.6%) InBev Newcastle Brown Ale (0.5%)

Source: Information Resources / Beverage Industry FDM channel

The UK's Top 10 Beers in 2003 by value were:

On-trade Take-home
Carling (£1.6bn) (Coors) Stella Artois (£446m) (InBev)
Foster's (£1.3bn) Scottish & Newcastle Carling (£205m) (Coors)
Stella Artois (£984m) (InBev) Foster's (£174m) Scottish & Newcastle
Carlsberg (£821m) Budweiser (£134m)
Guinness (£805m) Grolsch (£111m) (Coors)
John Smith's (£485m) Scottish & Newcastle Kronenbourg (£88m) Scottish & Newcastle
Kronenbourg (£367m) Scottish & Newcastle Guinness (£82m)
Budweiser (£352m) Carlsberg (£76m)
Heineken (£308m) Beck's  (£65m) (InBev)
Tennent's (£295m) (InBev) Carlsberg Export (£65m)

Source: Interbrew UK Market Report 2004

The UK market is divided into three segments of Premium Lagers (Stella Artois, Budweiser, Kronenbourg, Grolsch, Carlsberg Export, Beck's and now Heineken) , Standard Lagers (Carling, Foster's, Carlsberg, Tennent's) and Ales (John Smith's, Tetley's, Worthington, Boddington's).

Germany's Top 10 Beers in 2004 by market share

Krombacher (10.7%) Veltins (3.9%)
Bitburger (7.8%) Beck's  (InBev) (3.7%)
Warsteiner (6.6%) Koenig (3.6%)
Hasseroeder (5.2%) Oettinger (3.0%)
Radeberger (3.9%) Jever (2.5%)

Germany's beer market, the largest in Europe, is also a world apart from other territories. International brands and international brewers have only a minimal presence in the market, with most leading beers still privately owned by their founding families. Beck's the only international brand in the top 10.

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