Asia Beverage Packaging

In 2024, Vietnam’s packaging industry experienced a wave of innovation across food, beverage, home care, beauty, and pet food sectors. Flexible pouches, refill packs, and paper-based cartons rapidly gained ground, replacing or supplementing traditional rigid plastics and metals. These new formats we ...

Soft drinks is seeing rising volume sales in Taiwan, with the ongoing health and wellness trend exerting an increasingly strong influence on consumer demand. Local consumers are increasingly looking not only to reduced sugar variants, but also to products that are seen as providing positive health b ...

In 2024, Turkey’s alcoholic drinks packaging market recorded 8% growth, driven by evolving consumer preferences and strategic industry innovations. Beer continued to dominate the market, accounting for more than 90% of overall packaging unit volumes, with glass bottles the main pack type in this cat ...

In 2024, total alcoholic drinks packaging volumes in the Philippines increased by 2%, with the improving economy and stronger consumer spending boosting the consumption in all the main categories, including beer and spirits, which dominate unit volumes. Major domestic players such as San Miguel Brew ...

Total alcoholic drinks packaging volumes rose by 3% in 2024, driven primarily by brewers expanding their canning capacity and introducing a broader range of packaging types. For example, Carlsberg Malaysia installed a new canning line at its Shah Alam brewery, enabling the company to increase produc ...

In 2024, South Korea recorded a 2% increase in the volume of alcoholic drinks packaging, driven by a combination of cultural, economic and retail factors. Alcohol remains deeply ingrained in Korean social and professional life, with beer and soju continuing to be the preferred beverages among consum ...

In 2024, retail alcoholic drinks packaging unit volumes increased by 7% in Indonesia, driven by robust demand for beer, wine and spirits. Metal beverage cans continued to gain share, boosted by further dynamic growth in no/low alcohol beer, the only pack type used in this category, as well as their ...

In 2024, Japan recorded a 1% decline in total alcoholic drinks packaging unit volumes, reflecting broader changes in consumer behaviour and regulatory conditions. Key categories such as beer, wine and spirits, which historically drove packaging demand, saw weakened sales due to several interrelated ...

In 2024, total alcoholic drinks packaging unit volumes recorded a marginal decline. According to the IWSR (International Wines and Spirits Record) Drinks Market Analysis data, China’s alcohol drinks market was struggling to recover due to widespread downtrading and high inventories built up due to t ...

In 2024, Hong Kong recorded a 5% increase in alcoholic drink packaging unit volumes, driven by several interconnected factors. The government’s decision to reduce the spirits tax significantly lowered costs, thereby prompting both importers and consumers to engage more actively in the market. This p ...

In 2024, the total alcoholic drinks packaging unit volumes declined by 1% in Vietnam, in line with weaker overall consumption. The stricter enforcement of Decree 100, which imposes significant penalties for drink driving, continued to dampen demand in on-trade venues and generally discourage frequen ...

In 2024, total dairy packaging volumes in the Philippines reached 4.4 billion units, marking a 4% increase. This growth was primarily driven by a significant rise in domestic milk production during the first half of the year. The National Dairy Authority (NDA) played a crucial role in this developme ...

In Hong Kong, total dairy packaging retail volumes reached 418 million units in 2024, representing 3% growth, primarily driven by the rising demand for drinking milk products, particularly cow's milk, and yoghurt. The strong alignment of these categories with the consumer preferences for nutritious ...

In 2024, hot drinks packaging volumes in Turkey increased by 4% to 4.2 billion units, driven by rising consumption of tea in particular, although coffee and other hot drinks packaging also saw growth. This can be attributed to ongoing popularity of hot drinks and players’ response to cost-of-living ...

In 2024, total soft drinks retail packaging volumes in Turkey increased by 10% to reach 17 billion units. Despite cost-of-living pressures and the search for affordability, this strong growth can be attributed to several factors, including a surge in tourism, warmer than average temperatures, urbani ...

In 2024, soft drinks packaging volumes in Vietnam increased by 6% to 11 billion units, a notable rise driven by several strategic initiatives from beverage companies. Suntory PepsiCo Vietnam Beverage, for instance, announced plans to boost production capacity at its B?c Ninh facility by 65%, ramping ...

In 2024, total packaging retail volumes for hot drinks in Vietnam grew by 1% to reach 872 million units. This modest growth can be attributed to rising demand for coffee, and to a lesser extent tea, especially instant formats, which helped offset the minor decline in packaging volumes for other hot ...

In 2024, total hot drinks packaging retail volumes in South Korea experienced a strong contraction, falling by 6% to 1.1 billion units. The growth of at-home coffee-pod systems was a significant factor, as it cannibalised stick-pack volumes, while the shift towards health-conscious options led to a ...

In 2024, total soft drinks packaging retail volumes in South Korea rose, increasing by 8% to reach 16 billion units. Growth was largely driven by consumer demand for convenience, premiumisation, and functional beverages, such as carbonates, juice, and energy drinks. Younger consumers, in particular, ...

In 2024, hot drinks total packaging retail volumes in the Philippines rose by 3% to 6.6 billion units. This was driven by growing consumer interest in speciality coffee and tea, as well as the increasing café culture and at-home consumption. The demand for convenient formats such as single-serve sac ...

In 2024, total soft drinks packaging retail volumes declined in Japan, driven by the falling population, as well as economic, environmental, and consumer behaviour factors. The series of price hikes implemented by beverage companies like Kirin, in response to rising costs, contributed to decline, as ...

In 2024, Malaysia's hot drinks packaging volumes declined, with a decrease in total packaging retail volumes of 3% to 544 million units. The decline was partly driven by the shift in consumer preference towards ready-to-drink (RTD) tea and coffee products within soft drinks, which negatively impacte ...

Total hot drinks packaging retail volumes saw steady growth in Indonesia in 2024, driven by a combination of factors, including rising demand for coffee and tea, especially in convenient formats like instant coffee and single-serve pods. As urbanisation increases and Indonesia’s middle-class expands ...

Soft drinks total packaging retail volumes saw modest growth in 2024, driven by a combination of shifting consumer preferences, regulatory developments, and strategic brand responses. With health awareness on the rise, more consumers opted for low sugar and functional beverages, prompting brands to ...

In 2024, total soft drinks packaging volumes in Hong Kong rose, with 2% growth in total packaging retail volumes to reach 2.0 billion units. This increase was driven by evolving consumer preferences, with a notable shift towards premium and health-oriented beverages, including low sugar and organic ...