Ukrpyvo, an association of 40 beer and soft drinks producers, said it turned out 64.8 million
decaliters (168 million gallons) of beer in January-October, roughly 19% more than in the same period last year.
According to information provided by Gheorghe Kozub, general director of the Department of Viticulture of the Moldovan Ministry of Agriculture, in 1995 Moldova exported six million
decaliters (one
decaliter = 10 liters) of wine to Russia, 400,000 to the Ukraine, 50,000 to Belarus, 30,000 to Kazakhstan, and 25,000 to Lithuania.