Volume growth of cheese is expected to slow to stagnation in Estonia in 2025. Rising prices - driven in part by the increased VAT rate - are limiting its expansion. Nevertheless, Estonians show no signs of giving up cheese, which continues to enjoy strong cultural and culinary relevance. Packaged ha ...

The market for dairy products and alternatives in Estonia is expected to see a flat performance in volume terms in 2025. Despite early signs of economic recovery, a VAT increase, implemented in July, has led to a noticeable rise in retail prices across most food categories, including dairy. As a res ...

Volume sales of yoghurt and sour milk products in Estonia are expected to decline in 2025. The market has become largely saturated, with limited room for further expansion. Sour milk products, especially kefir, which dominates the category - are long-established staples in the local diet. While kefi ...

The market for butter and spreads in Estonia is expected to see a decline in volume sales in 2024, while current value sales will continue to rise. This trend is being driven by a consumer shift towards butter, which is perceived as a healthier and more premium product. Although margarine and spread ...

While sales of plant-based dairy products in Estonia remain modest compared to regular dairy offerings, the market is expected to continue seeing robust growth in both volume and current value terms in 2025. This will be driven primarily by the rising popularity of plant-based milk, which has expand ...

Volume sales of drinking milk products are expected to remain stable in Estonia in 2025, continuing the trend of the previous year. The market is dominated by full fat fresh milk, which is a staple for the majority of households. Local consumers continue to overwhelmingly prefer fresh milk to shelf ...

Retail sales of baby food in Estonia are expected to continue declining in volume terms in 2025. The primary driver behind this trend is the country’s falling birth rate, which significantly reduces the consumer base for these products. Even rising prices - partly driven by a 2% VAT increase in July ...

Other dairy is expected to register a solid performance in current value terms in Estonia in 2025. However, this stems primarily from significant price increases rather than a rise in consumer demand. Inflationary pressures, including higher production costs and increased VAT, have pushed up retail ...

The 2023 report on the Estonia passenger cars market provides an overview of both new registrations and the overall fleet structure. It presents data on the number of new passenger cars by type of engine fuel in 2023 and tracks the share of alternative fuel vehicles among new registrations from 2021 ...

Estonia Cards and Payments: Opportunities and Risks to 2029 Summary GlobalData’s ‘Estonia Cards and Payments: Opportunities and Risks to 2029' report provides detailed analysis of market trends in the Estonian cards and payments industry. It provides values and volumes for a number of key performanc ...

Ice cream in Estonia is predicted to register a modestly improved performance in current value growth terms in 2025. This is primarily due to unit price hikes resulting from cost pressures and an increase in the VAT rate, as volume growth looks set to be slower than in 2024. Nonetheless, it is the o ...

Snacks in Estonia is poised to register a markedly improved performance in current value growth terms in 2025. This is primarily due to unit price increases imposed to offset elevated cost pressures and a hike in VAT that took effect from July, however, as retail volume sales are set to contract for ...

Chocolate confectionery in Estonia is poised to register double-digit growth in current value sales in 2025. This is almost entirely due to a steep rise in global cocoa prices, however, as retail volume sales are set to contract for the third year in a row. The overall rate of volume decline should ...

With rising input costs and a VAT hike that took effect from July placing upward pressure on unit prices, sweet biscuits, snack bars and fruit snacks in Estonia is set to post an improved result in current value growth terms in 2025. Retail volume sales meanwhile are expected to contract for the sec ...

Current value growth for sugar confectionery in Estonia in 2025 is projected to be much stronger than in 2024, when sales only increased marginally. This is primarily because cost pressures are driving up unit prices, though the category also looks set to record a lower rate of decline in volume ter ...

While savoury snacks current value sales are only expected to increase marginally in 2025, this would be an improvement on the contraction witnessed in 2024. The return to growth is largely explained by unit price hikes imposed to offset elevated cost pressures and a rise in VAT, as volume sales are ...

Gum in Estonia is set to show a substantially improved performance in current value growth terms in 2025. While this is mainly due to price hikes imposed to cover still-elevated manufacturing and import costs, the category is also expected to record a lower rate of decline in retail volume sales tha ...

Cider/perry in Estonia showed another negative performance in total volume sales terms in 2024 as consumers remained inclined to curb non-essential spending due to the rising cost of living. The contraction was sharper than in 2023, mainly because squeezed household budgets caused on-trade demand to ...

Total volume sales of spirits in Estonia declined for the second year in a row in 2024, and at a considerably steeper pace than in 2023. As with alcoholic drinks in general, demand was depressed by more cautious attitudes to discretionary spending in the wake of the rapid rise in the cost of living ...

RTDs significantly outperformed the other main alcoholic drinks categories in Estonia in 2024, with growth in total volume sales remaining robust and accelerating from 2023. Its resilience to the market-wide downturn was underpinned by the fact that demand is heavily concentrated among young adults. ...

With consumers continuing to exercise greater caution in their spending habits following the recent spike in the cost of living, wine in Estonia saw total volume sales contract for a second consecutive year in 2024. The rate of decline was deeper than in 2023, as heightened budget-consciousness caus ...

Total volume sales of beer in Estonia only increased marginally in 2024, mainly because on-trade consumption fell sharply as elevated cost-of-living concerns led many people to rein in discretionary spending. The impact of this trend was mitigated somewhat by rising inbound tourist numbers, spells o ...

Alcoholic drinks in Estonia saw growth in total current value sales slow sharply in 2024, while total volume sales contracted for a second consecutive year. With cost-of-living pressures remaining elevated, consumption continued to be subdued by more cautious attitudes to discretionary spending. The ...

Estonia Flexible Packaging Manufacturers - Industry Report The analysis conducted in the Flexible Packaging Manufacturers (Estonia) report is ideal for anyone wanting to • Identify the market leaders • Spot companies heading for failure • Seek out the most attractive acquisition opportunities • Anal ...

Traditional tobacco products, including cigarettes, cigars and smoking tobacco, are facing declining consumption in Estonia, while alternatives, such as e-vapour products and tobacco free oral nicotine pouches, are gaining momentum. This shift is driven by growing consumer interest in less harmful n ...