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On the face of it, the UK had a big trade deficit in beer, importing around 1 million barrels more than it exported. But it’s not quite as simple as that. As more than 1 million barrels of those imports came from a country not so far away: Ireland. And the vast majority of that beer was Guinness Extra Stout.
Initially, only tiny amounts were imported from elsewhere, fewer than 50,000 barrels.
The amount of beer coming in started to rise from the middle of the 1950s, mostly due to a jump in imports from Denmark. So loads of Carlsberg and Tuborg.
That the numbers fell again after 1960 is probably attributable to one factor: Carlsberg starting to brew in the UK.
It’s safe to assume that almost 100% of the beer imported from Continental Europe was Lager of some kind.
UK beer imports 1936 - 1953 |
Country of Origin |
1938 |
1950 |
1951 |
1952 |
1953 |
Irish Republic |
836,624 |
1,031,159 |
1,025,902 |
1,023,031 |
1,088,076 |
Other British Countries |
108 |
22 |
31 |
133 |
422 |
Total British Countries |
836,732 |
1,031,181 |
1,025,933 |
1,023,164 |
1,088,498 |
Denmark |
25,459 |
17,686 |
23,058 |
30,959 |
36,410 |
Germany |
18,813 |
- |
- |
- |
2,307 |
Netherlands |
8,708 |
2,685 |
3,492 |
5,905 |
8,910 |
Belgium |
821 |
700 |
1,150 |
2,136 |
2,205 |
Czechoslovakia |
3,810 |
915 |
903 |
702 |
713 |
Other Foreign Countries |
278 |
224 |
1,703 |
1,922 |
244 |
Total Foreign Countries |
57,895 |
22,110 |
30,306 |
41,624 |
50,879 |
Total Bulk Barrels |
894,627 |
1,053,291 |
1,056,239 |
1,064,788 |
1,139,377 |
Total Standard Barrels |
856,331 |
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Source: |
“1955 Brewers' Almanack”, page 60. |
UK beer imports 1954 - 1959 |
Country of Origin |
1954 |
1955 |
1956 |
1957 |
1958 |
1959 |
Irish Republic |
1,099,717 |
1,166,980 |
1,281,064 |
1,234,214 |
1,196,066 |
1,232,946 |
Other British Countries |
408 |
689 |
100 |
317 |
486 |
601 |
Total British Countries |
1,100,125 |
1,167,669 |
1,281,164 |
1,234,531 |
1,197,152 |
1,233,547 |
Denmark |
45,238 |
77,125 |
98,216 |
139,682 |
154,726 |
209,244 |
Germany |
4,366 |
6,651 |
7,627 |
10,272 |
9,372 |
13,523 |
Netherlands |
9,560 |
17,707 |
21,540 |
26,549 |
24,564 |
28,473 |
Belgium |
1,024 |
3,181 |
4,349 |
7,138 |
8,180 |
13,084 |
Norway |
- |
- |
- |
1,215 |
1,586 |
3,075 |
Czechoslovakia |
688 |
16 |
140 |
1,033 |
935 |
1,164 |
Sweden |
- |
- |
- |
662 |
692 |
734 |
Other Foreign Countries |
384 |
505 |
1,101 |
266 |
145 |
352 |
Total Foreign Countries |
62,160 |
105,185 |
132,973 |
186,817 |
200,200 |
260,049 |
Total Bulk Barrels |
1,162,285 |
1,272,854 |
1,414,137 |
1,421,348 |
1,397,352 |
1,503,196 |
Source: |
“1962 Brewers' Almanack”, page 58. |
UK beer imports 1960 - 1965 |
Country of Origin |
1960 |
1961 |
1962 |
1963 |
1964 |
1965 |
Irish Republic |
1,257,695 |
1,329,752 |
1,245,451 |
1,215,539 |
1,281,126 |
1,215,168 |
Other British Countries |
940 |
1,740 |
2,303 |
3,793 |
3,007 |
3,344 |
Total British Countries |
1,258,635 |
1,331,492 |
1,247,758 |
1,219,332 |
1,284,133 |
1,218,512 |
Denmark |
184,076 |
178,975 |
148,018 |
149,974 |
159,164 |
143,189 |
Germany |
7,476 |
8,926 |
7,601 |
9,805 |
13,925 |
12,485 |
Netherlands |
27,444 |
28,077 |
21,212 |
23,321 |
28,245 |
28,363 |
Belgium |
8,704 |
8,907 |
8,391 |
5,303 |
5,803 |
5,053 |
Norway |
3,019 |
2,390 |
2,308 |
3,887 |
4,491 |
6,081 |
Czechoslovakia |
1,174 |
1,083 |
1,038 |
922 |
1,391 |
1,276 |
Sweden |
1063 |
670 |
578 |
1,112 |
459 |
460 |
Other Foreign Countries |
402 |
655 |
589 |
853 |
1,392 |
1,166 |
Total Foreign Countries |
233,358 |
229,689 |
189,795 |
195,177 |
214,870 |
198,073 |
Total Bulk Barrels |
1,491,993 |
1,561,181 |
1,437,553 |
1,414,509 |
1,499,003 |
1,416,585 |
Source: |
“1971 Brewers' Almanack”, page 55. |
The above is an excerpt from my overly detailed look at post-war UK brewing, Austerity!
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