Heineken N.V. on Wednesday reported a decline of 1.6% in net profits for the full year 2018 to €1.9bn, caused by a €183m impairment charge in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and acquisition costs from Brazil. In the same period in 2017, the company recorded €2.2bn in profits.

However, the company said that total revenue for 2018 grew by 3.7% to €26.81bn from the previous year, with total beer volumes up by 4.4%, helped by a boost from its Heineken brand, which grew 7.7%, its best performance in a decade. The Dutch brewer notes that its newly launched Heineken® 0.0 is now sold in 38 countries, from 17 in 2017.