FACTBOX-Leading brewers in the world by volume

Mon Jul 14, 2008 7:16am BST
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(Reuters) - Belgium brewer InBev made an agreed $52 billion(26.2 billion pounds) cash bid for Anheuser-Busch, the largest brewer in the United States, on Monday.

The deal would push InBev, the brewer of Stella Artois, Beck's and Brahma, back into the number one position in world brewing.

Here is a list of the world's leading brewers by volume of beer sold in 2007 before taking into account any InBev-Anheuser deal.

2007 2007 2006

Brewing company Country Volume Share Volume

SABMiller Britain 231.7 13.1 209.7

InBev Belgium 225.6 12.8 215.2

Heineken Netherlands 164.0 9.3 130.5

Anheuser-Busch U.S. 150.7 8.5 146.8  Continued...

 
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