Production of other alcoholic drinks including fruit/berry wines in 2006 reduced by 4 times as compared to 2000.
Beer brewing industry uses not only glass bottles but also aluminum cans and PET containers for beer bottling. Distribution of every price segment between different package types is specific.
Share of low-price beer constitutes 15–16% of total beer production. PET containers of various sizes account for about 70% of this segment, while 0.5 liter glass bottle has about 30% of it. Aluminum can is rarely used for low-price beer.
Over 52–54% of all brewed beer is middle-price, and glass bottle account for more than 30% of this segment.
Premium beer constitutes 21–23% of production. Glass bottle manufacturer dominates among other types of containers used for expensive domestic beer – 65% of the segment.
License beer demonstrates healthy performance: in 2006 it reached 9.1% of total beer output while in 2005 this index equaled 7.4%. Demand for license beer grows most rapidly as compared to other price categories of bottled beer due to increasing activity of key market operators introducing international brands to Russian market. Lion’s share of license beer – 95% – is sold in glass.
Currently about 45% of beer is bottled into glass. Consumer polls executed by different companies prove it – share of buyers preferring beer in glass constitutes 44–45%.
In 2006 general demand for beer glass bottle supplier constituted 9 billion units including return containers share of which accounts for 40–60%.
With annual growth of beer production by 1% – i.e. by 10 million decaliters – demand for glass bottle increases on the average by 90 million units. Considering this and forecasted increase of beer consumption (to reach 1200 000 thousand decaliters in 2010***) total demand for beer glass containers could account for about 10.8 billion units – increase about 1.8 billion units – including return containers.