Industry News       English French Dutch Spanish German Russian Italian Portuguese Portuguese Danish Greek Romanian Ukrainean Chinese Polish Korean
Logo Slogan_French


CASTLE MALTING NEWS in partnership with www.e-malt.com French
09 July, 2018



Brewing news Japan: First-half beer and quasi-beer product shipments fall to record low for sixth consecutive year

Shipments of beer and quasi-beer products in January-June fell to a record low for the sixth consecutive year, according to data released by five major Japanese beer makers on July 11.

Total beer and quasi-beer shipments by Asahi Breweries Ltd., Kirin Co., Suntory Beer Ltd., Sapporo Breweries Ltd. and Orion Breweries Ltd. declined 3.6 percent from a year earlier to 183.37 million cases. Each case contains the equivalent of 20 633-milliliter bottles.

Of the total, beer shipments dropped 6.3 percent, due partly to higher retail prices following the implementation of stricter restrictions on discount sales of alcohol products in June 2017.

Furthermore, wholesale prices were hiked this spring, leading to higher charges at some bars and restaurants.

While shipments of “happoshu” low-malt beer-like drinks also shrank, by 8.4 percent, those of lower-priced “third segment” quasi-beer products increased 1.9 percent, the first rise in five years, reflecting persistent money-saving attitudes among consumers and new product launches.

The increase in third-segment beverage shipments was partly attributed to the replacement by retail giant Aeon Co. in June of a South Korean maker with Kirin as the producer of its private-brand products.

In the overall market for beer and quasi-beer goods, Asahi held a share of 37.6 percent, followed by Kirin, with 34 percent, Suntory, with 16.3 percent, Sapporo, with 11.2 percent, and Orion, with 0.9 percent.





Revenir



E-malt.com, the global information source for the brewing and malting industry professionals. The bi-weekly E-malt.com Newsletters feature latest industry news, statistics in graphs and tables, world barley and malt prices, and other relevant information. Click here to get full access to E-malt.com. If you are a Castle Malting client, you can get free access to E-malt.com website and publications. Contact us for more information at marketing@castlemalting.com .














Nous utilisons des cookies pour nous assurer que nous vous offrons la meilleure expérience sur notre site Web. Si vous continuez à utiliser ce site, nous supposerons que vous en êtes satisfait.     Ok     Non      Privacy Policy   





(libra 0.7344 sec.)