1、THE CONTRIBUTION MADE BY BEER TO THE EUROPEAN ECONOMYOCTOBER 2024Europe EconomicsThe Contribution Made by Beer to the European EconomyPage 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of Contents.1 Foreword.3 Executive Summary.5 1 Introduction.7 1.1 Economic Impact.7 1.2 Structure of Report.8 2 The Scale of the Europe

2、an Beer Sector.9 2.1 A Diverse Sector with around 10,000 Active Breweries in the EU.9 2.2 Contributing to the European Trade Balance.11 3 Economic Impact Indicators.14 3.1 Increasing Value Added by over 50bn.14 3.2 Employing over 2 Million People.15 3.2.1 Nature of Hospitality Jobs.16 3.2.2 Job Cont

3、ributions from Microbreweries.18 3.3 Increasing Government Revenues to over 40bn.19 3.3.1 Steady Recovery and Long-Term Growth in the Sector.19 4 Impact in Supply Sectors.21 4.1 Spent over 25 billion(Goods and Services).21 4.2 With Implications along the Supply Chain.22 5 Impact on Hospitality and R

4、etail.23 5.1 The Market.23 5.1.1 More Beer is Sold in the Off-Trade(Retail).24 5.1.2 On-Trade Sales have More Value and generate more government revenues.26 5.2 The Employment Impacts.27 5.3 Trends and Outlooks.28 6 Government Revenues.30 6.1 Recent Trends.30 6.2 VAT and Excise Revenues(Distribution

5、 by Country).31 6.3 Reduced Rates for Small Brewers.32 6.4 Impact on Government Revenues of Changing Consumption PAtterns.33 Europe EconomicsThe Contribution Made by Beer to the European EconomyPage 2 7 Beer Impacts Beyond Economics.35 7.1 Capital Investment.35 7.1.1 Investment and Innovation in Com

6、munities.36 7.1.2 Investing in the Environment.37 7.2 Brewing Sector Concerns.37 7.3 Concluding Remarks.37 ANNEX:Sources and Methodology.39 Data Sources.39 Statistical agencies and DG Taxud.39 The Brewers of Europe.41 National Associations.41 Questionnaire to individual breweries.41 Calculations.42