European beer exports to Russia climbed to €4.1 million in June, the highest level since September 2025.

European beer exports to Russia rose sharply in June, reaching €4.1 million after several weak months, according to Eurostat trade data analyzed by RIA Novosti. The June figure was 2.7 times the level recorded in May and marked the highest monthly value since September 2025. Even with that rebound, the trade flow remained well below last year’s levels, with June exports down 44% from the same month in 2025.

The jump from May was large in relative terms because the previous month’s base was low. Based on the published ratios, May exports were about €1.52 million, which means the monthly increase was roughly €2.58 million, or about 170%. The data point to a short-term recovery in the value of shipments, but not to a return to the volumes or values seen a year earlier.

The first-half figures show how far the trade has fallen over a longer period. From January through June, the European Union exported €4.95 million worth of beer to Russia. That was 5.2 times lower than in the same period of 2025, leaving first-half trade at roughly one-fifth of last year’s level. The cumulative numbers suggest that the June rebound came after a prolonged contraction rather than signaling a broad recovery in EU-Russia beer trade.

Poland was the main driver of the June increase. Polish beer exports to Russia totaled €2.3 million during the month, or about 56% of all EU beer shipments to the Russian market. According to the data cited by RIA Novosti, that was 6.6 times more than in May and three times the value recorded in June 2025. Poland’s performance gave it a dominant position among EU suppliers for the month and accounted for most of the increase in the bloc’s total exports to Russia.

Lithuania ranked second, sending €677,000 worth of beer to Russia in June. That represented a sixfold increase from May, although it was still three times lower than in June 2025. Belgium was third with €473,000 in exports, up 1.7 times from the previous month. The Czech Republic shipped €448,000 worth of beer, a figure that was down about 25% from a year earlier. Germany raised its exports 1.9 times from May to €109,000. Smaller suppliers included Latvia at €59,000 and Portugal at €39,000.

The figures describe customs value rather than physical volume, which matters when interpreting changes in trade flows. A rise in export value can reflect larger shipments, higher prices, changes in the mix of products, or a combination of those factors. The available data cited in the report do not include the number of liters shipped or average prices, so the increase in June cannot be tied directly to a change in the quantity of beer sold.

The June result was notable mainly because it interrupted a period of much lower monthly trade and pushed exports to their highest point in about nine months. At the same time, the year-over-year decline shows that the market remains far smaller than it was in mid-2025. The first-half total reinforces that picture, with the bloc’s exports to Russia still sharply reduced despite the June rebound.

The figures were reported on August 17 in an analysis by RIA Novosti based on Eurostat data. Because some of the comparisons rely on rounded growth rates, several absolute changes are approximate. Eurostat’s published values, as cited in the analysis, refer to the customs value of beer exports from the European Union to Russia in June and for the first six months of 2026.