Americas
94 million hectolitres
€1,541
million
million
million
8.3 million hectolitres
Revenue
EBIT
EBIT (beia)
Consolidated beer volume
Heineken volume in premium segment
CONSOLIDATED BEER VOLUME
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Report of the Executive Board
Regional Review
IN MILLIONS OF HECTOLITRES
2005 8.6
2006 9.6
2007 9.9
2008 10.3
2009 9.4
The economic downturn led to lower on-trade
consumption and downtrading in the off-trade,
especially in the USA.
Consolidated beer volume was 8.7 per cent lower. Group
beer volume performed relatively better, thanks to
Compania Cervecerias Unicias (CCU), the joint venture
in Chile and Argentina.
In the fourth quarter, volume of the Heineken brand
showed a positive trend in Canada, the Caribbean and
South America.
Revenue, in constant currencies, was lower as the effect of
better pricing only partly compensated for volume softness.
Organically, EBIT (beia) grew strongly, benefitted from major
TCM savings initiatives across the region.
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