heineken nv wednesday backed fullyear guidance after posing a 20 rise in thirdquarter net revenue following a sharp postcovid recovery in asia pacific the dutch brewer said that net revenuethat excludes excise tax expensesrose to 779 billion euros 776 billion in the quarter from eur603 billion last year a companycompiled consensus forecast had seen net revenue at eur788 billion total organic beer volumes rose 89 in the quarter for the first nine months of the year beer volumes rose 81 in the ninemonth period net revenue rose 23 to eur2127 billion while net profit fell to eur22 billion from eur303 billion net profit last year was boosted by an exceptional gain of eur127 billion from the revaluation of a stake in united breweries in india our business delivered solid results in the third quarter across all regions and in particular asia pacific chairman and chief executive dolf van den brink said we increasingly see reasons to be cautious on the macroeconomic outlook including some signs of softness in consumer demand the company said it maintains its efforts to offset input cost inflation with pricing for 2022 the company backed its guidance to achieve a stabletomodest sequential improvement in adjusted operating profit margin