Home Care

Home insecticides is another category which is being impacted by price hikes, driven by high costs for manufacturers and inflationary pressures. Whilst players have aimed to absorb their own costs as much as possible, especially in light of the…

There were significant price rises for home-insecticides in 2023, and in particular for spray/aerosols, as supply chain disruptions still lingered and this resulted in high current and constant value growth. However, despite significant price…

Home insecticides registered slight positive retail volume growth in Hong Kong in 2023, along with stronger current value growth. The use of stronger disinfectant products and increased general cleanliness since the pandemic diminished the survival…

Although retail value sales were double-digit in 2023, retail volume sales were much lower, with a decline noted in insecticide coils. Insecticide coils suffered from fewer mosquitoes in 2023 due to the weak summer season. In addition, consumers were…

In 2023, sales of home insecticides continued to rise in retail current value terms, due to factors such as changing consumer preferences and weather conditions. Consumers have increasingly been trading up from cheaper variants, such as insecticide…