page_title: Brasserie Nationale
section_title: Economy
hierarchical_section_title: Brasserie Nationale / Economy
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: La brasserie Bofferding à Bascharage (Luxembourg) Lëtzebuergesch: Brauerei Bofferding.
context_page_description: Brasserie Nationale is the largest brewery in Luxembourg, based in Bascharage. They also export to Belgium, France, China, and since 2014 in the United States.
  They brew beer under the brand name Bofferding and since taking over in 2004 Battin.
  The Brasserie Nationale was born in 1975 from the fusion of two breweries: The Brasserie Bofferding, founded by Jean-Baptiste Bofferding in 1842, and the Brasserie Funck-Bricher founded in 1764.
context_section_description: As of 2013 Brasserie Nationale with its beers Bofferding and Battin emerged as clear market leader in Luxembourg, with a share of 56 percent (Bofferding 44 percent and Battin 12 percent) in the sale of local brews – the equivalent of more than 32 million pints. 
  
  Around 20 percent of all beer brewed by Brasserie Nationale is exported to foreign countries: to France, Belgium, China (since 2007) and the United States (since 2014).
caption: The brewery that produces Bofferding and Battin in Bascharage.
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