Alcoholic Drinks Packaging

With COVID-19, as a global pandemic, impacting the whole world, it also caused major disruptions in Colombia and its alcoholic drinks industry. With government-imposed lockdown in Colombia, sales of alcoholic beverages, and therefore also the…

The measures implemented to combat the spread of COVID-19 had a detrimental effect on sales of alcoholic drinks in 2020, with packaging total unit volumes declining in the year. The shutdown of on-trade establishments such as restaurants and bars for…

The COVID-19 pandemic had a major impact on sales of alcoholic drinks packaging in Russia in 2020, with a very steep decline seen in on-trade sales due to the government-mandated closure of all bars, pubs, clubs, cafés and restaurants throughout the…

The COVID-19 pandemic had a negative impact on total unit volumes of alcoholic drinks packaging used in 2020, resulting in a marked fall in sales. This was, however, solely due to the steep decline in on-trade unit volumes. The closure of pubs, bars,…

One of the major developments that was seen in the alcoholic drinks packaging landscape in 2020 was the rise of pack types like metal beverage cans and PET bottles in categories like domestic lager and RTDs. One of the major reasons for this…

Due to the outbreak of COVID-19 in Germany, alcoholic drinks packaging sales collapsed in the on-trade in 2020. This is the direct result of measures implemented during lockdown, when restaurants, clubs, bars and cafés were closed. Even when…

The Vietnamese alcoholic drinks industry, and therefore also its packaging, was hit by a double whammy in 2020: new drink-driving legislation and the global pandemic. The stricter new drink-driving laws came into effect in Vietnam on 1 January 2020.…

The closure of bars and restaurants for an extended period as part of the measures implemented to try and control the spread of the COVID-19 virus resulted in a steep decline in on-trade sales of alcoholic drinks packaging in Switzerland in 2020.…

The impact of the COVID-19 global pandemic began to be felt in Poland towards the end of February, with the country having entered a full lockdown by the end of March. This included the government-mandated closure of the country’s entire consumer…

Sales in on-trade establishments were severely affected by social distancing measures and lockdown restrictions introduced to try and contain the COVID-19 virus. The implementation of Singapore’s “Circuit Breaker” measures meant that all on-trade…

Alcoholic drinks packaging in Romania decline in total unit volume terms in 2020 due to the impact of COVID-19. While off-trade volume sales increased slightly, on-trade sales recorded a sharp decline due to the closure of this channel’s outlets for…

During COVID-19 lockdowns in India, the Indian government deemed alcoholic drinks to be non-essential, therefore production for and sales via both off- and on-trade channels came to a temporary halt. The closure during lockdowns of food/drink/tobacco…

Unlike other European countries, Sweden did not impose major lockdown restrictions on households and businesses due to COVID-19, instead advising its citizens to observe social distancing measures, limit travel and avoid major gatherings in public…

Lockdown restrictions arising from COVID-19 resulted in a slump in on-trade sales in 2020, due to the extended closure of establishments in this channel. The effect of this was exacerbated by a collapse in the tourism industry due to the travel…

Alcoholic drinks was not performing particularly well in France prior to the arrival of COVID-19 in 2020, with beer and spirits the only categories posting positive total volume growth in 2019, and then only at very modest rates. Beer sales have been…

With the outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020, a number of distillers and brewers were using their facilities to manufacture hand hygiene products, trying to support the country in preventing the spread of the virus. While this impacted the volume capacity…

The severe impact that COVID-19 and the measures to control its spread had on society and the overall economy saw growth in alcoholic drinks packaging unit volumes slow in 2020. The closure of on-trade establishments like restaurants, bars and clubs…

The on-trade channel was experiencing major problems due to lockdowns and quarantines in Ukraine. Even after the easing of the initial lockdown and quarantine period, on-trade establishments still had to follow strict hygiene and social distancing…

With COVID-19 seeing the declaration of a state of emergency in Japan, on-trade outlets closed or reduced their operating hours, with early alcohol curfews in place in any establishments that remained open. Coupled with concerns over social…

The Indonesian alcoholic drinks industry was significantly impacted as the government imposed a nationwide lockdown in order to curb the further spread of COVID-19 in the country. With sales of alcoholic beverages therefore plummeting in 2020,…