Asia Pacific

Similar to overall confectionery, in 2024 chocolate confectionery in Singapore is set to see negligible retail volume growth. This is partly due to government efforts to curb health problems such as diabetes and regulate sugar intake, along with…

Sweet biscuits, snack bars, and fruit snacks is inching back into positive volume growth in Vietnam in 2024, with snack bars as the best performer, followed by fruit snacks and then sweet biscuits. In a cross-category trend, inflationary pressures…

Sugar confectionery is achieving positive value and volume growth in Vietnam in 2024, despite inflationary pressures, suppressed consumer spending power, and the fact that sugar confectionery is seen as both unhealthy and non-essential. Therefore,…

Snacks is achieving positive volume and value sales in Vietnam in 2024, thanks to manufacturers making significant efforts to control their prices in the face of increasing production costs. For example, through regular discounts and promotions,…

Savoury snacks bounces back into positive volume growth in Vietnam in 2024, although potential sales remain somewhat suppressed by ongoing economic factors which continue to limit consumers’ spending power. Within this environment, consumers are…

Ice cream inches back into small positive volume gains in 2024, despite challenges facing the category. To start, inflationary pressures continue to create price sensitivity in consumers, thus, budget-conscious consumers focus their spending on…

Gum manages to inch back into marginally positive volume gains in Vietnam in 2024, although recovery of the category remains hampered by inflationary pressures leading to lower consumer spending power. Gum is being affected due to the fact it is…

Chocolate confectionery is seeing small volume gains in Vietnam in 2024, while value is better supported by inflationary pressures leading to higher unit prices. Notably, global increases in the cost of raw ingredients such as cocoa and sugar are…

Sweet biscuits, snack bars and fruit snacks is set to see current value growth in Taiwan in 2024. In 2023, there was a decline in overall demand for sweet biscuits as consumers decreased their home snacking habits and bulk purchasing. This…

Sugar confectionery is set to see current value growth in Taiwan in 2024, though volumes are expected to stagnate during the year. As in the chocolate confectionery category, the overall demand for sugar confectionery showed a decline in demand in…

The snacks market is set to see current value growth in Taiwan in 2024, though volume sales are expected to decline. Many consumers have reduced their habit of eating snacks at home and also reduced the practices of hoarding and bulk purchasing since…

Savoury snacks is set to see modest current value growth in Taiwan in 2024, with volume sales declining. Home snacking habits have declined, with consumers reducing their habit of snacking at home and engaging in less hoarding and bulk purchasing.…

Ice cream is set to see modest current value growth in Taiwan in 2024, with volumes expected to fall. Single portion impulse dairy ice cream showed a limited recovery in 2023. With the face masking policy officially lifted in 2023, consumers returned…

Gum is set to see current value growth in Taiwan in 2024. Originally, it was expected that, after the pandemic, consumers would return to buying chewing gum at convenience stores, especially as people began to resume normal social interactions. It…

Chocolate confectionery is set to see current value growth in Taiwan in 2024, though volume sales are expected to fall. Demand has been undermined by the fact that the habit of snacking at home is declining. Many consumers have reduced the amount of…

As is the case with a number of other snacks categories in Azerbaijan, the gradual easing of inflationary pressures means sweet biscuits, snack bars and fruit snacks is set to record a slowdown in current value growth in 2024, but post slightly…

Current value sales growth for sugar confectionery in Azerbaijan in 2024 looks set to be slower than in 2023, mainly because upward pressure on unit prices has eased somewhat thanks to a reduction in the rate of inflation. The latter factor has also…

Snacks in Azerbaijan is poised to record a moderate slowdown in current value sales growth in 2024, but show a slightly improved performance in retail volume growth terms. This is mainly explained by the gradual easing of inflationary pressures…

Growth in savoury snacks current value sales in Azerbaijan in 2024 is expected to be down slightly on 2023, mainly because the rate at which unit prices are rising has slowed thanks to a reduction in inflation. However, with the resultant easing of…

With a reduction in the rate of inflation helping to boost confidence and disposable incomes among the population, ice cream in Azerbaijan is poised to record an improved result in retail volume growth terms in 2024. Conversely, the easing of pricing…