6-K 1 volumes.htm VOLUME'S PRESS RELEASE

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

For more information contact:

Luis Eduardo Bravo / Claudio Pollak

Investor Relations Department

Compañía Cervecerías Unidas S.A.

(56-2) 427-3581 or 427-3416

COMPAÑIA CERVECERIAS UNIDAS S.A.

ACHIEVED 10 MILLION HECTOLITERS IN 2002

(Santiago, Chile, January 8, 2003) -- Compañía Cervecerías Unidas S.A. ("CCU") (NYSE: CU) reported today preliminary fourth quarter 2002 consolidated volumes. The volume breakout by segment in hectoliters is as follows:

		Fourth Quarter				Full Year
		Volume		% Change		Volume		% Change
	Beer - Chile	1,132,055		1.2%		3,501,900		0.6%
	Soft Drinks	937,442		-0.1%		3,112,466		-2.1%
	Nectars	83,393		23.0%		281,724		25.1%
	Mineral Water	237,095		-1.4%		742,162		2.6%
	Wine - Domestic	129,449		0.8%		511,647		19.5%
	Wine - Export	118,390		16.7%		449,791		10.1%
	Total Chile	2,637,824		1.6%		8,599,691		1.8%
	Beer - Argentina	599,596		26.6%		1,603,697		6.1%
	Wine Argentina	999		-61.0%		4,925		-44.9%
	Total Argentina	600,595		26.1%		1,608,621		5.8%
	TOTAL	3,238,420		5.4%		10,208,312		2.4%

CCU plans to release its consolidated fourth quarter results during the first week of February.

CCU is a diversified beverage company operating principally in Chile and Argentina. CCU is the largest Chilean brewer, the third-largest Argentine brewer, the second-largest Chilean soft drink producer, the second-largest Chilean wine exporter, the third-largest Chilean winery in the domestic market and the largest Chilean mineral water producer. The Company has licensing, distribution and/or joint venture arrangements with Paulaner Brauerei AG, Anheuser-Busch Incorporated, Schweppes Holdings Ltd., Guinness Brewing Worldwide Limited, PepsiCo Inc. and Watt's Alimentos S.A.