• After the severe blow wrought by Permendag, banning sales of all alcoholic drinks in convenience stores and independent grocers, demand rebounded in 2016 with both beer and RTDs enjoying positive volume growth and packaging performance also recovering.
  • Non-alcoholic drinks in PET bottles are well received as more convenient, lighter than glass, and, easier than metal beverage to reseal.
  • Total alcoholic drinks packaging grows by 13% to reach volume sales of 527 million units in 2016
  • Soft drinks total size grows 9% to reach 44.5 billion units in 2016
  • Hot drinks total size grows 8% to reach 20.7 billion units in 2016

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