Vodka market to shrink by 1-2% a year

The Polish vodka market is about to shrink by 1-2 percent annually in the coming years, while other categories (whisky, gin, rum, liqueurs and low-alcohol drinks) should see growths, the Association of Employers Polish Spirits Industry (ZP PPS) informed. In 2015, Spirit industry enterprises manufactured 12 percent less goods than in 2012, just before the rise in excise tax.

In the first three quarters of the year, exports of spirits fell by 4.6 percent to 36.25 million litres. Its value grew by 2.1 percent to €127.3 million.