Japan: January – September beer shipments drop by 6.7% compared to the same period in 2007

Shipments of beer and quasi-beer alcoholic beverages in Japan in January-September hit a record low as price hikes sapped demand, Jiji Press communicated on October, 10.

According to the data provided by the nation’s brewers, shipments totalled 353,623,000 cases, 2.7% less than in the same period of 2007. One case contains the equivalent of 20 633-millilitre bottles.

Beer shipments fell 6.7 pct to 185,818,000 cases, it is reported.

Asahi Breweries Ltd. ranked top in terms of market share, followed by Kirin Brewery Co., Suntory Ltd. and Sapporo Breweries Ltd.

10 October, 2008