Azerbaijan

After performing well in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, yoghurt and sour milk products will witness slowed current value growth in 2021. Nonetheless, the product area will continue to perform well and mirror a similar performance…

Other dairy performed well in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and will continue to do so in 2021 as well. Products such as plain fromage frais and quark are especially popular amongst consumers as these are included in many traditional…

Shelf stable milk will continue to be one of the most popular product areas within drinking milk products in 2021, with this product area also being less impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Consumers purchased shelf stable milk during lockdown…

Cheese was slightly impacted by COVID-19 in 2020, as current value growth rates fell noticeably. Although current value sales continued to increase, growth was somewhat impaired due to the outbreak. As the pandemic caused financial difficulties for…

Butter and spreads was negatively impacted in 2020 due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The pandemic caused a decrease in purchasing power amongst Azerbaijanis, meaning that when lockdown was implemented, they were prioritising more essential foods.…

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Sweet biscuits, snack bars and fruit snacks actually performed well in 2020, due to the pandemic and home seclusion, with consumers reaching for sweet biscuits in particular as they spent many hours at home. The product area is also expected to…

In 2021, sugar confectionery is expected to start to recover from the tumult caused by the pandemic, with a small increase in volume sales and an even higher increase in current value sales, though part of that growth will be driven by inflation.…

With infections rates remaining high well into 2021, as well as many lockdown measures remaining in place, it is expected that many of the changes in consumer behaviour that developed due to COVID-19 and lockdown will continue into 2021.

While savoury snacks had been registering significant volume increases year-on-year during the review period, that came to abrupt halt in 2020 when savoury snacks registered no volume growth. The implementation of lockdown left many consumers facing…

Ice cream was hugely impacted by the pandemic in 2020, with double-digit current value and volume decline. The reason for this was there was disruptions in transport due to the strict lockdown and staff shortages due to social distancing measures at…

With consumers confined to home for much of 2020, there was significant current value and volume decline. Many consumers use mint flavoured chewing gum to disguise bad breath, but as lockdown restrictions kept people in their homes, many were less…

While significant price rises will lead to double-digit current value growth, retail volume is expected to fall slightly in 2021. However, those product areas that performed particularly badly such as boxed assortments and chocolate with toys are…

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2020 was a difficult year in Azerbaijan. Not only was the country hit by the global pandemic, armed conflict also broke out in late 2020 over the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh which is in Azerbaijan, but is governed by ethnic Armenians. In…

Sales still remained negligible in 2020, though there an increase in current value sales, helped in part by the shift to odourless tobacco substances from cigarettes and trying to find a replacement for shisha. During the review period, e-vapour…

It was a mixed picture for cigars, cigarillo and smoking tobacco in 2020. While overall the product area registered a 4% increase in current value, there were winners and losers. Cigarillos was the only product to register an increase in volume sales…

In spite of COVID-19 and the severe economic fallout, current value and volume grew in 2020. The volume growth was driven by the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in late 2020. Some retailers reported 300% increases in volumes sales during the time of…