October 25 (SeeNews) - North Macedonia-based brewer and soft drinks producer Prilepska Pivarnica [MSE:PPIV] said on Tuesday that its nine-month net profit fell 32% year-on-year to 107.9 million denars ($1.7 million/1.8 million euro).
Operating revenues rose 6% on the year to 1.42 billion denars in the nine months through September, Prilepska Pivarnica said in an interim financial statement.
Revenues from domestic sales went up 6% to 1.38 billion denars, while sales from abroad rose 4% to 10.7 million denars in the first nine months of the year.
The company's operating costs rose 13% year-on-year to 1.4 billion denars in the period under review.
Prilepska Pivarnica's shares last traded on the MSE on September 30, at an average price of 32,998 denars.
Prilepska Pivarnica was founded in 1924. It produces beer under the trademarks Zlaten Dab and Krali Marko and holds the licences for distributing Tuborg and Carlsberg brands in North Macedonia. It also produces carbonated non-alcoholic drinks, fruit nectar soft drinks and bottles the products of Pepsi Cola International.
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