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Liquor production volume in Japan FY 2015, by type

Production volume of liquor in Japan in fiscal year 2015, by type (in 1,000 kiloliters)

The data illustrates the liquor production volume in Japan in fiscal year 2015, sorted by type. During the surveyed period, beer accounted with almost 2.8 million kiloliters, for the highest amount of liquor produced in Japan, followed by liqueurs with around 1.9 million kiloliters.

Beer 2794
Liqueurs 1920
Sparkling liquor 536
Alcohol for material and spirits 532
Single system distillation Japanese spirit (Shochu) 481
Sake 444
Continuous distillation Japanese spirits (Shochu) 367
Whisky 111
Fruit wine 107
Mirin (rice cooking wine) 96
Sake compounds 35
Sweet fruit wine 5
Brandy 5
Other brewed liquors, powder liquor and miscellaneous liquor 506