The Société de Fabrication des Boissons de Tunisie (SFBT) has published its business indicators for 2024.
These show a cumulative turnover of & 836.5 million dinars, compared with 826.8 million a year earlier, a slight increase of 1.2%.
This increase was mainly due to a 4.3% rise in local beer sales from 558.4 million dinars to 582.7 million dinars.
Conversely, local sales of soft drinks fell by 2% to 194 million dinars from 197.7 million dinars a year earlier.
In terms of volume, SFBT sold 172.1 million liters of beer in the whole of 2024, virtually unchanged from the same period in 2023. In contrast, sales of soft drinks fell from 22.3 million to 19.8 million cases.
Beer production fell from 178.8 million liters to 175.7 million liters, a slight decrease of 1.7%.
Investments last year totaled 28.7 million dinars, mainly consisting of the purchase of returnable packaging (crates and bottles) for 19.9 million dinars.