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.