Organic Packaged Food in Hong Kong, China

2020 IMPACT

Local market mitigates sales losses as China border closes

Compared with other types of baby food more heavily dependent on cross-border trade, the volumes sales loss of organic varieties in 2020 was buffered to a small extent by local consumption as the health crisis considerably reduced the number of Chinese visitors into the country over the year. Regardless of the COVID-19 pandemic, a number of Hong Kong parents still purchased organic dried and prepared baby food as staple foods instead of cooking baby food from scratch.

Organic bread sees nearly double-digit volume decline

A considerable proportion of organic bread in Hong Kong is sold at individual bakeries. In 2019, sales of individual bakeries benefited from the atmosphere of localism, impacted by social unrest.

Cheaper Japanese variants help organic rice to record highest growth in 2020

Home seclusion during 2020 on account of the COVID-19 health crisis increased cooking occasions, and rice attracted considerable extra demand as a key staple food for local consumers. Indeed, rice was one the best-performing packaged food products in 2020, and organic rice sales also soared.

Files are delivered directly into your account within a few minutes of purchase.