"Baku Castel" starts beer export

The “Baku Castel” Joint Venture has started exporting beer, having dispatched 40,000 bottles of “Khirdalan” beer to Russia, according to the JV’s commercial director Shahin Yusifov.

He said the company is planning to open exports to Chine, Turkmenistan and other countries.

The JV has been founded by French “Castel Group” and “Khirdalan” joint stock company. The enterprises produces over 40% of beer marketed in Azerbaijan, while in 2001 the indicator is expected to reach 60%. Yearly capacity of the plant is 5 million deciliters, which exceeds domestic needs of the country. At present, the JV produces “Khirdalan”, “Castel” and “Ganjlik” beers.*