Novosibirsk plant "Baltika" increased the amount of taxes paid by 1.5 times

Against the backdrop of a stable start to 2021 in the Russian market, Baltika's export sales reached record highs. A strong start to the year is the result of Baltika's implementation of the 2020-2022 business strategy aimed at tight cost control and reinvestment of savings in innovation and strengthening of market positions. According to the results of the first three months of 2021, the Baltika branch in Novosibirsk transferred 61.4% more excises to the regional budget than in the same period last year.

Based on the results of the first three months of 2021, Baltika's market share increased by 2.7 percentage points compared to Q1 2020, amounting to 26.9%. This was facilitated by investments in the launch and promotion of brands and the development of new sales channels. Sales growth in the first quarter of 2021 was demonstrated by both alcoholic beverages, including fruit drinks, and soft drinks, in particular, energy drinks. In the first quarter, several alcoholic and non-alcoholic novelties were successfully introduced to the market.

Baltika’s non-alcoholic products (the Baltika 0 line and Flash Up energy drinks) showed an impressive growth in online sales: in the first quarter of 2021, the same volume of the company’s products was sold on online platforms as in the whole of 2020. In general, the growth in sales of non-alcoholic products of Baltika in new sales channels (online platforms, gas stations, vending machines and non-alcoholic outlets) in Q1 2021 amounted to 350%. Baltika's new partners are 12 filling stations, 340 non-alcoholic outlets and 4 vending machine operators.

The company's sales volume in the HoReCa channel is gradually returning to the level of the beginning of last year. If, according to the results of the first quarter of 2021, this indicator did not return to the figures of the first three months of 2020, then in March of this year, Baltika's sales in HoReCa increased by 6% compared to March 2020. However, the situation in this segment is still uncertain. At the same time, the company's sales volume in the modern trade channel (national and local retail chains) increased by 28%.

Export sales of Baltika in the first quarter of 2021 in general and in March in particular reached a maximum over the past 5 years. The increase in exports for the first three months amounted to 42.6% compared to the same period last year. Kyrgyzstan, China, Mongolia, Georgia and Germany became the key markets for foreign trade.

The volume of investments of the company as a whole during this period increased by 18% compared to the first quarter of 2020, amounting to 757 million rubles. One of the key tasks and areas of investment in the first quarter for Baltika was preparing for the summer season. The funds were invested, among other things, in the purchase of new, more environmentally friendly, refrigeration equipment, as well as beer bottling machines and furniture for outdoor cafes. Another major investment was the purchase of equipment for the production of non-alcoholic beer at a factory in Tula. In addition, in the first quarter of 2021, the company prepared biological treatment facilities for commissioning in Rostov-on-Don and St. Petersburg.

On April 27, Baltika released the 2020 Sustainability Report. Among the company's main achievements are an 8% reduction in CO2 emissions from breweries, ensuring the collection and processing of almost 50% of the volume of released packaging, and greening logistics.

The results of the branch of the brewing company "Baltika" in Novosibirsk in the 1st quarter of 2021

The Baltika-Novosibirsk branch remains one of the largest taxpayers in the Novosibirsk Region. According to the results of the first three months of 2021, the plant transferred more than 1.2 billion rubles of excises to the regional budget, which is 61.4% more than in the same period of 2020.

OOO Baltika Brewing Company is one of the largest manufacturers of consumer goods in Russia. The company operates 8 factories in Russia. Baltika is an important part of the Carlsberg Group and its business in the Central and Eastern Europe region, which also includes 15 other countries. OOO Baltika Brewing Company is a leading exporter of Russian beer. Baltika supplies products to more than 75 countries around the world. Thanks to world-class quality, the company's brands have won more than 670 Russian and international awards at professional and consumer competitions.

Baltika-Novosibirsk is one of the most modern and largest enterprises in the brewing industry in the Siberian Federal District. It has been operating since 2008. The production capacity of the enterprise is 4.6 million hl of beer per year. The plant has six product bottling lines: a glass bottle bottling line, an aluminum can bottling line, two PET packaging lines, a keg line, and a PET keg line. The branch "Baltika-Novosibirsk" produces more than 50 assortment units of beer of regional, federal and licensed brands. The company's products are supplied to the regions of the Volga region, the Urals, Siberia, and the Far East.