Uruguay’s business environment has improved, with rising ease of doing business in the country. Corruption levels are one of the lowest regionally and the government is focused on making the country’s policies more business friendly. However, annual ...

Asia Pacific is the largest region globally for volume sales of beer. Nevertheless, its per capita consumption is the second lowest globally – a sign that many markets are still far from maturity. Amidst the sluggish global volume environment, Asia ...

Total volume growth in 2016 was in line with the review period CAGR. Beer and spirits continued to see healthy growth to offset the ongoing decline in wine. Meanwhile, cider/perry and RTDs/high-strength premixes were negligible and niche, ...

In 2016, alcoholic drinks declined in total volume terms after a much deeper decline from the previous year. Sales of alcoholic drinks in Russia declined across the course of the review period, impacted by the government's anti-alcohol policy as well...

In 2016 the global alcoholic drinks market remained in negative territory for a second year running and following hot on the hills of its first slump in more than a decade back in 2015. Nevertheless, a largely flatlining top line volume growth and a ...

2016 saw outstanding growth in beer, which had a positive effect on overall growth rates in alcoholic drinks in Bulgaria. Growth was due mainly to rising consumer demand for experiencing new and interesting tastes, with the evidence for this the ...

In 2016, the average unit price of alcoholic drinks saw a sharp increase, which was due to two main factors – the high inflation rate and the devaluation of the local currency. In 2015, the country introduced the Marginal Currency System (SIMADI) for...

After a volume sales decline in 2015 due to the ban on the sale of beer in traditional grocery retailers such as convenience stores and independent small grocers, volume sales of alcoholic drinks in Indonesia started to recover in 2016. Consumers ...

This report analyses the market for alcoholic drinks in Iraq. For the purposes of the study, the market has been defined as follows:...

Alcoholic drinks continued grow at a slow pace during 2016. The main factors behind this were smuggling and the deceleration of Bolivia’s economy which forced companies to reduce their profit margins in order to retain or gain new consumers....

Alcoholic drinks consumption registered a decline of 6% in total volume terms in 2016 compared with 2015, triggered by a difficult economic environment, which led the Argentine economy to face a period of economic recession, with decreasing GDP, high...

Alcoholic drinks in Colombia maintained its positive momentum in 2016, driven by beer and the recovery of aguardiente that registered a strong negative rate in 2015. Despite the economic deceleration of the Colombian economy, alcoholic drinks ...

Alcoholic drinks saw a better performance in 2016 following ten years of financial crisis. This was mostly due to the increase in private consumption, which benefitted from the growth in employment. In addition, both business and consumer confidence ...

Total volume sales of alcoholic drinks continued to fall in 2016, which confirmed the long-term trend of declining consumption of alcoholic drinks in Germany. Current value sales, on the other hand, continued to rise in 2016. The diverging growth ...

The overall performance of alcoholic drinks in terms of volume sales continued to be pegged to beer and wine. Wine sales continued to trend downwards, which dampened the overall growth potential. Beer, on the other hand, sustained total volume growth...

2016 saw the recovery of Spanish economy consolidate, as a GDP increase of 2.6% was recorded, according to estimates of the International Monetary Fund in April. Despite almost nine months of political uncertainty due to delays in forming a ...

Alcoholic drinks registered a positive performance in both total volume and current total value terms in 2016. Lifestyle trends had an important impact on 2016 growth: as disposable incomes grow, consumers look for better quality, different flavours ...

Overall alcoholic drinks posted negative total volume growth and positive current value growth in 2016, as it continued to be influenced by the ongoing focus on consuming alcoholic drinks less frequently, but instead focusing on more premium ...

Ecuador closed 2016 with an economic contraction for the first time in 17 years. In addition, during the first half of the year, the country suffered a devastating earthquake which affected main cities in the coastal region. As part of the ...

In 2016 the alcoholic drinks market in Peru experienced modest growth in total volume sales. This can mainly be explained by the slower growth rates of some products, such as spirit-based RTDs, other blended Scotch whisky and bourbon/other US ...