Thursday 23 December 2021

Dutch beer imports by source 1946 - 1954

Yet more boring old numbers for you. Perhaps there's one person out there, other than me, who's interested in this stuff.

Little beer was imported in the immediate post-war years and, initially, from different sources. It wasn’t until the 1950s that Germany regained its position of major supplier of imports. Though not back to the same volume as pre-war.

Belgium was establishing itself at the same time as a strong number two, increasing volumes to ten times of what they’d been before the war. While Czech imports dried up after the communist takeover in 1949. UK imports didn’t dry up, they just hadn’t restarted.

The percentage of imports in bottled form greatly increased after the war, rising from 14.5% in to 58.5% in 1952.  Though a majority imports from Germany remained draught beer. 

Dutch beer imports by source 1946 - 1954 (hl)
  1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954
Total 280 3,360 520 1,030 970 5,215 9,138 11,957 25,045
Germany     - 620 830 3,529 5,096 8,017 15,811
Belgium & Luxemb.     300   - 1,637 3,863 3,455 8,249
Czechoslovakia 280 1,000 210 290          
Denmark             - 30 501
USA   2,360              
Source:
De Nederlandse Brouwindustrie in Cijfers, by Dr. H. Hoelen, Centraal Brouwerij Kantoor, 1955, held at the Amsterdam City Archives, pages 32 - 33.


Dutch beer imports by source 1946 - 1954 (%)
  1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954
Germany       60.19% 85.57% 67.67% 55.77% 67.05% 63.13%
Belgium & Luxemb.     57.69%     31.39% 42.27% 28.90% 32.94%
Czechoslovakia 100.00% 29.76% 40.38% 28.16%          
Denmark               0.25% 2.00%
USA   70.24%              
Source:
De Nederlandse Brouwindustrie in Cijfers, by Dr. H. Hoelen, Centraal Brouwerij Kantoor, 1955, held at the Amsterdam City Archives, pages 32 - 33.

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