Understand the cultural and socioeconomic influences that shape i...
Understand the cultural and socioeconomic influences that shape industry demand throughout Asia-Pacific, with local insight, market statistics and analysis ranging from strategic regional overview to in-depth coverage by country or city.
Sales of bleach declined in Hong Kong in 2023 in both retail volume and current value terms. With the end of the pandemic, a large number of consumers elected to spend more time outside of their homes. As a result, the number of consumers demanding…
Bleach saw low single-digit growth in retail value in 2023, though the growth rate continued fell compared with the previous two years. Bleach saw relatively strong growth during the period 2020-2022 compared to previous years, mainly due to…
While bleach registered double-digit current value growth, constant value growth was minimal, as was volume growth. The increasing array of other effective cleaning products dampened volume sales of bleach. In addition, consumers are increasingly…
Beer in Vietnam witnessed a sharp decline in volume terms in 2023, in contrast to the healthy performance of the previous year. This was attributable primarily to the elevated rate of inflation, which impacted discretionary spending. With prices of…
Beer in Uzbekistan experienced growth in production despite a decrease in consumption in 2023, which was attributed to rising religious influence and a societal shift away from alcoholic drinks. This growth in production is explained by the market…
Thanks to the improving economic conditions and a flourishing labour market, the market for beer in the Philippines continued to expand in both volume and current value terms in 2023 . The revitalisation of on-trade spending also emerged as a key…
Following a further slowdown in the number of new COVID-19 cases in 2021, consumers and businesses, including the beer industry, seemed to be dealing with yet another serious inflation problem in 2022. The increase in production, shipping, and…
Post-pandemic, Taiwanese consumers have faced weakened purchasing power, and expenditure on beer reduced in 2023, leading to a decline across all metrics, albeit at a slower rate than seen during the previous year of the review period in current…
Despite expectations that the endemic phase of the pandemic would herald a second year of dynamic revival for the on-trade, and a flourishing year for total volume sales of beer in 2023, beer in South Korea experienced stagnation, with declines seen…
On-trade beer consumption continued to increase strongly in 2022, as following the relaxation of restrictions in 2021, restrictions on dine-in were fully removed in Singapore in 2022. From 29 March 2022, the 22.30hrs cut-off for the sale and…
Beer is Pakistan continued to be influenced by country-specific factors in 2023. One key factor in the country is that of measures taken to curb the smuggling of alcoholic products, thus giving support to official sales.
Domestic mid-priced lager brands like Tiger, Carlsberg Green Pilsner, Heineken and Anchor Smooth enjoyed strong growth in 2022 due to their visibility on retailers’ shelves and wide channel coverage in both the off-trade and on-trade. Consumers…
Total beer volume showed flat (positive) dynamics in 2022, with a decline seen in off-trade due to the ongoing recovery of on-trade following the era of the pandemic. Furthermore, the increase in excise tax for beer in 2022 placed downwards pressure…
Total volume sales of beer in Japan decreased slightly from 2022 to 2023. Although on-trade sales saw a double-digit increase, maintaining the post-pandemic recovery trend started in 2022, the impact of the decline in off-trade sales, as consumers…
Multi Bintang Indonesia PT Tbk continues to lead the Indonesian beer category, with its strength founded on its wide range of products - which includes but is not limited to lager, flavoured lager, low alcohol and non alcoholic beer - as well as…
Beer volumes surpassed pre-COVID-19 levels in 2022. This was partly attributable to India's historically low per capita consumption and the lower starting point created by the pandemic. Indeed, 2020 witnessed a significant decline in beer consumption…
Beer in Hong Kong recorded solid volume growth in 2023 through both off-trade and on-trade channels, fuelled by the gradual recovery of the economy and an increase in the number of large public events and gatherings being hosted following the easing…
In 2023, beer in China saw a slight rebound in total volume sales compared with 2022, mainly driven by the easing of pandemic restrictions and a return to growth in on-trade sales. However, total volume sales were still short of the 2019 figure in…
In 2022, beer showed a positive trend, with total volume sales recording a modest increase, driven by a strong performance in the on-trade. The recovery of the market due to the restoration of tourist flows as well as a generally more stable…
Skin care packaging continued to record a healthy unit volume sales increase in Vietnam in 2022, with its leading pack type – squeezable plastic tubes – also continuing to grow. This pack type is popular thanks to being lightweight, durable and…