Alcoholic Drinks

Increased mobility and the reopening of on-trade were the primary reasons for alcoholic drinks bouncing back in 2021. The Indian government did not implement a uniform lockdown in the country as it had done in 2020. Mobility gradually increased to…

While alcoholic drinks in Uruguay saw total volume sales contract in 2021, the rate of decline was modest and slower than that recorded in 2020. This improvement was driven by a strong rebound in on-trade consumption as more people began frequenting…

In 2021, the COVID-19 pandemic continued to exert its influence on alcoholic drinks in Serbia. Following two years of decline in volume growth consumers began to return to their usual drinking habits in the on-trade. This of course led to strong…

Sales of alcoholic drinks remain very limited as the Muslim majority is banned from possessing or drinking alcohol. Thus, legal demand is limited to Indigenous groups, who stick mainly to artisanal and packaged traditional spirits, and foreigners.…

During 2020, the pandemic drove a shift in demand for alcoholic drinks from the on-trade to the off-trade, and this was only partially reversed in 2021, as COVID-19 restrictions remained in force for much of the year. However, the fact that they were…

Following a sharp contraction in 2020, in 2021 alcoholic drinks in Colombia showed a return to growth in total volume sales that exceeded expectations. This impressive turnaround was underpinned by a rapid rebound in on-trade consumption as the…

Argentina’s economy recovered quicker than expected after experiencing strong decline due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the strict and continuous lockdown imposed by the government on all on-trade establishments in 2020 and mid-2021. The reactivation…

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…

Sales of alcoholic drinks were generally positively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, with the sharp rise in retail sales compensating for the sharp decline in sales through the on-trade channel. While retail volume growth slowed in 2021 as…

Following the emergence of COVID-19 in early 2020, a lockdown was introduced in Morocco on 20 March, and borders were closed accordingly. Confinement measures and a health emergency were in place until the November when the country was ravaged by a…

Alcoholic drinks saw double-digit volume growth in 2021 returning overall volume sales to pre-pandemic levels. With the decision by the government not to increase the OTV (excise taxes) on alcoholic drinks between July and December 2021, price…