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International Trade and Availability of Alcoholic Beverages in Developing Countries
Author(s) -
KORTTEINEN TIMO
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
british journal of addiction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.424
H-Index - 193
eISSN - 1360-0443
pISSN - 0952-0481
DOI - 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1988.tb02596.x
Subject(s) - per capita , developing country , consumption (sociology) , alcohol consumption , developed country , indigenous , business , international trade , alcohol , economics , environmental health , economic growth , medicine , biology , population , ecology , social science , biochemistry , sociology
Summary Recent developments in world alcohol availability show a clear trend. Per capita consumption of alcohol shows a rapid increase in some of the developing countries while consumption levels in developed countries have remained stable. It is often implied that a major factor underlying the increased consumption in developing countries is increased imports from developed countries. This conception is challenged by analysing previously unused statistical data. In the light of the analysis, indigenous alcohol production is by far the major source of all alcohol consumed in developing countries.