Japan: export volume of low-malt craft beer 2018

In fiscal year 2018, the export volume of low-malt beer-style (happoshu) craft beer manufactured by microbreweries in Japan amounted to 889 kiloliters, representing a decrease from over one thousand kiloliters in the previous year.
Happoshu refers to beer-like beverages with a malt content of less than 50 percent. Furthermore, beverages with a malt content over 50 percent, but not classified as 'beer' due to optional ingredients like fruits or herbs, are also classified as happoshu.

Export volume of low-malt (happoshu) craft beer* from Japan from fiscal year 2015 to 2018 (in kiloliters)

Characteristic	Export volume in kiloliters
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June 2020

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Region

Japan

Survey time period

fiscal years 2015 to 2018; the Japanese fiscal year runs from April 1 of each stated year to March 31 of the following year

Special properties

figures are based on annual surveys

Supplementary notes

*'Craft beer' refers to beverages produced and distributed by microbreweries. Microbreweries in this case indicate manufacturers of beer and low-malt beer/sparkling liquor (happoshu). Including corporations with a capital of less than 300 million Japanese yen as well as corporations and individuals with less than 300 employees.
Excluding the five major breweries Asahi Breweries, Suntory Beer, Sapporo Breweries, Kirin Brewery, and Orion Breweries.

Figures prior to 2016 come from previous reports.

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