Q2 net revenues up 3.3% to EUR7.64bn (US$8.9bn)
Solid performance brings H1 sales up 2.1% to EUR14.2bn (US$16.6bn)
‘Africa & Middle East’ sales up 20%, with ‘Asia Pacific’ also strong
Brand Heineken volumes up 4.5% in H1, thanks to broad-based growth
Heineken followed a lacklustre Q1 performance with a solid set of numbers for Q2, as sales rose 3.3%.
Declines in ‘Europe’ and the ‘Americas’ were more than offset by robust gains in ‘Africa & Middle East’ and ‘Asia Pacific’. The improvement resulted in a 2.1% increase in H1 revenues (to the end of June) as the brew
Heineken sales lift on Q2 improvement – results data
‘Our volume performance improved across all regions in the second quarter and continued to be of high quality.’

Former newspaper journalist Richard Woodard has been writing about the global wine and spirits industry for nearly 20 years, and is a regular contributor to a number of magazines and websites.


