Alcoholic Drinks

Alcoholic drinks recorded robust growth in 2021 after volume sales fell in 2020 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and excise tax increases. Expanding local production, especially in wine and beer, has supported sales growth by offering…

After sales of alcoholic drinks slumped at the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, 2021 saw a recovery of sales as Jordanian society reopened and foreign tourists returned. Sales have been under pressure for years due to falling disposable…

Alcoholic drinks in Slovakia was affected by a number of negative factors in 2021 as the COVID-19 pandemic continued to impact society. Slovakia had one of the lowest vaccination rates in Europe for much of 2021 leading to widespread restrictions and…

Alcoholic drinks in Singapore recorded a positive performance in total volume sales terms in 2021, although levels remained below pre-pandemic figures due to the significant declines experienced by on-trade the previous year. With rising cases of…

The alcoholic drinks category in Peru made a modest recovery from the pandemic in 2021 as the on-trade was able to reopen establishments, although some COVID-19 restrictions remained. Retail stores were boosted by the rise in home consumption as…

Following a sharp decline in 2020, alcoholic drinks in Azerbaijan saw total volume sales return to positive territory in 2021. This turnaround was driven by a rapid rebound in on-trade consumption as the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines and the gradual…

In 2021, alcoholic drinks saw another year affected by the prolonged impact of COVID-19. Following a sharp increase in the number of cases of the virus from the end of 2020, the government declared a state of emergency in January 2021. To prevent the…

In 2021, the ongoing COVID-19 crisis encouraged consumers to maintain voluntary home confinements and led to a slower than expected recovery of activities. During the year, there were intermittent restrictions on the operations of foodservice…

In 2021, alcoholic drinks saw a return to growth in China, starting its recovery after seeing decline in 2020 due to the effects of the pandemic. Total volume sales in some alcoholic drinks categories returned to the level seen before the pandemic,…

On-trade sales of alcoholic drinks dropped sharply in 2020 as a range of restrictions were introduced to curb the spread of COVID-19. This was compensated for partly by a sharp increase in the retail consumption of beer, but many other categories…

The manufacturing, sale and purchase of alcoholic drinks in Pakistan are strictly controlled by the government. Only non-Muslims are granted a legal permit for sale or purchase, whilst drinking is a punishable offense for Muslims under the Shariah…

The COVID-19 pandemic had a broadly negative impact on sales of alcoholic drinks in Estonia in 2020, with total volume sales declining. All of the main categories suffered as the resultant economic shock drove consumers to rein in non-essential…

In 2021, the alcoholic drinks market in Kazakhstan saw growth after a year of stagnation. While the COVID-19 crisis negatively influenced many categories, it provided a boost for some. Generally, the alcoholic drinks market continued its process of…

Uganda is a country in which the consumption of alcoholic drinks is frequent, heavy and widespread, to the extent that problem drinking has become a source of major social concern. Prior to the pandemic, economic development, rising income levels and…

Alcoholic drinks in Hungary experienced an unexpectedly good performance and positive developments across all categories in 2021. People drank more alcohol because of the lockdowns and working from home, and then catching up socially following the…

Greece was in lockdown with bars and foodservice outlets subject to closures up until May 2021 with only delivery and takeaway available. This stood in the way of alcoholic drinks sales recovering. Although home delivery of alcoholic drinks,…

It was a mixed bag for alcoholic drinks in 2021. Overall volume sales fell, with retail volume registering a decline, whereas on-trade channels benefitted from the gradual opening up of society, with volume sales increasing.

COVID-19 continued to disrupt the consumption patterns of alcoholic drinks in 2021. The on-trade received a welcome boost as pubs re-opened, although total volume sales still remained lower than pandemic-levels due to social restrictions and curfews…

Alcoholic drinks remained very much shaped by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021 when horeca outlets remained closed for long periods and alcohol drinking occasions remained tied to consumer homes. Consumption in all major categories remained well below…

Following the strong growth of off-trade volume sales of alcoholic drinks in 2020 as consumption shifted away from the on-trade channel in line with pandemic-induced home seclusion, demand through off-trade remained robust in 2021, as consumption…