China: AB InBev gearing for major push in China

The world's top brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev is gearing up for a major push into the Chinese market by targeting high-end beer consumers - a demographic also coveted by its biggest ...
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Australia: Domestic demand lifts barley prices

Two remarkable things have happened to the Australian barley market in recent weeks: domestic demand has lifted barley prices at-or-above parity with wheat, and new-crop barley bids in export locations ...
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Malaysia: Carlsberg Malaysia pledges not to increase prices

Carlsberg Malaysia has pledged not to increase the prices of any of its beers for the rest of this year, as the company prepares for the country’s impending sugar tax ...
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UK: Barley markets under pressure from large stocks and crops

The feed barley market in the UK is following wheat down, suffering from similar issues, including larger new-crop prospects and dulled demand, FarmersWeekly reported on May 15. In the ...
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Ukraine: Barley harvest seen increasing to 7.9 mln tonnes

Favourable weather this winter and spring will allow Ukraine to increase its 2019 wheat harvest to 26.2 million tonnes and its barley harvest to 7.9 million, the APK-Inform consultancy said ...
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Germany: Wheat, winter barley crops expected to increase this year

Germany’s 2019 wheat harvest will increase 19.8pc on the year to 24.28 million tonnes as conditions point to a recovery after drought caused massive harvest damage last year, the country’s ...
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Malaysia: Carlsberg Brewery Malaysia reports 8.4% net profit rise in Q1

Carlsberg Brewery Malaysia Bhd reported an 8.4% net profit rise in its first quarter, thanks to higher sales recorded in both its Malaysia and Singapore operations during the Chinese New ...
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Hong Kong: AB InBev adds BNP, Citigroup, HSBC to its Asia unit IPO

Anheuser-Busch InBev NV has added at least three more investment banks to help arrange the initial public offering of its Asia Pacific operations, Bloomberg reported on May 16 citing people ...
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EU: Analysts cut EU barley production forecast

Crop consultancy Strategie Grains has again cut its forecast for this year’s wheat and barley production in the European Union, partly due to drought in Hungary, but said recent rain ...
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Japan: Competition intensifies in Japan’s beer-like beverages segment

Competition has been intensifying again in Japan’s market of “third-segment” beer-like beverages, The Japan News reported on May 17. Last year, combined shipments of beer and “happoshu” low-malt quasi-beer declined for ...
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