Heineken sees coronavirus hitting beer sales, 捨てるs 見通し
BRUSSELS, April 8 (Reuters) - Heineken, the world's second largest brewer, 苦しむd a 拒絶する／低下する in beer sales in the first three months of the year, 予測（する） worse to come in the second ４半期/4分の1 and scrapped its 2020 指導／手引 予定 to the coronavirus 危機.
The brewer of Heineken, Tiger and Sol beers and Strongbow cider said on Wednesday it believed beer sales fell by 2% in the first ４半期/4分の1 and 全体にわたる 容積／容量s, 含むing cider and soft drinks, by 4%.
"The 衝撃 is 推定する／予想するd to より悪くする in the second ４半期/4分の1," the company said in a 声明.
The Dutch brewer later said it would not carry out 永久の layoffs as a consequence of the 危機 during 2020 and would continue to 支払う／賃金 供給者s based on agreed 支払い（額） 条件, with 早期に 支払い（額）s to those that were smaller and more 攻撃を受けやすい.
It said it had entered the 危機 with a strong balance sheet and undrawn committed credit 施設s and had 安全な・保証するd 付加 財政／金融ing on the 負債 market in 最近の weeks. It placed 1.4 billion euros ($1.52 billion) of five- and 10-year 公式文書，認めるs in late March.
Heineken, whose major markets are Brazil, Mexico and Vietnam, said it would 供給する more （警察などへの）密告，告訴（状） on its 活動／戦闘s to mitigate the 衝撃 of the coronavirus 危機 in its first ４半期/4分の1 貿易（する）ing update on April 22.
"In any 事例／患者, the 欠如（する） of visibility on the end date of the COVID-19 pandemic and the duration of its 衝撃 on the economy leads Heineken to 身を引く all 指導／手引 for 2020," it said.
In February, it had said it 推定する／予想するd 歳入 growth and a 中央の-選び出す／独身 digit 百分率 増加する of its operating 利益（をあげる） before exceptional items.
($1 = 0.9224 euros) (報告（する）／憶測ing by Philip Blenkinsop; editing by Edmund Blair)
