Beer Market Purchase ApprovedTuesday, June 19, 2018 The Superintendence of Competition in El Salvador has given approval for Cervecería Salvadoreña to buy the brands Regia and Suprema and their related assets. From a statement issued by the Superintendency of Competition (SC): Drinks: FIFCO Joins the Mexican marketThursday, July 16, 2020 Costa Rica's Florida Ice and Farm announced that it will begin to compete in the Mexican market with the marketing of flavored alcoholic beverages of the Segram's Escapes brand in more than 6,000 sales points. The Costa Rican company Florida Ice and Farm (FIFCO), enters with a new business model in Mexico that takes more than a year of planning and analysis, is a strategy 'light on assets' that has as its tip to develop and market in that country the brand Seagram's Escapes in the category of flavored alcoholic beverages, a product focused and customized to the consumption trends of Mexicans, said an official statement. Nicaraguan Beer to the Salvadoran MarketWednesday, October 9, 2019 From October 2019, the Toña brand of beer, which is of Nicaraguan origin, will begin to be marketed in El Salvador. Company executives indicated through a statement that the beer brewed by Compañía Cervecera de Nicaragua (CCN), will be distributed in El Salvador by the company Distribuidora Morazán. Trends in Beverage PackagingThursday, April 3, 2014 Distinguishing a product using distinct packaging with features making it convenient and attractive to buyers is becoming the most important factor for success in the sales. From an article by the Costa Rican Foreign Trade Promotion Office (PROCOMER): Drinks: Monopolistic Practices in PanamaFriday, May 11, 2018 According to the Acodeco, the economic group formed by Cervecería Nacional and its subsidiaries Distribuidora Comercial, Refrescos nacionales and Financiera Pasadena committed "monopolistic practices by preventing the permanence and entry of its only direct competitor." Panama: Imports of Beverages Up 29%Friday, August 15, 2014 In the first six months of 2014 imports of soft drinks totaled $48.7 million, which is $10.9 million more than in the same period in 2013. In terms of quantity, this year 68,544 MT were imported, 27% more than the amount imported in same period in 2013. Beer: Production Decreases 3%Wednesday, October 30, 2019 From January to August 2019, the production of alcoholic beverages in Panama was 194 million liters, and beer production fell 3% compared to the same period in 2018. According to figures from the General Comptroller of the Republic, the production of alcoholic beverages in general reported a decline, reducing from 199.8 million liters from January to August 2018, to 193.9 million liters in the same period of 2019. Alcoholic beverages: Production up to October 2018Thursday, November 29, 2018 In the first ten months of 2018, the alcoholic beverage production in Panama was 251.3 million liters, 1% less than that recorded in the same period of 2017. The most recent figures published by the General Comptroller of the Republic, detail that the alcoholic beverage production generally reported a decline, reducing from 253.9 million liters from January to October 2017, to 251.2 million liters in the same period of 2018. Alcoholic Beverages: Production Down 3%Friday, September 28, 2018 As of August 2018, production of alcoholic beverages in Panama was 199.8 million liters, 3% less than in the same period in 2017. Costa Rican Liquors in the United KingdomThursday, July 12, 2018 Through an agreement with a local distributor, the company that manufactures Ron Centenario will start selling its product in the British market. Production of Alcoholic Beverages Up 2%Tuesday, June 5, 2018 In the first four months of 2018, production of alcoholic beverages in Panama amounted to 102.8 million liters, 2% more than in the same period in 2017. The Alcoholic Beverages Market in PanamaMonday, April 21, 2014 Local liquor production has gone down and there is a greater presence of foreign brands in a market worth $300 million a year. In recent years the liquor market in Panama has seen changes in its composition, with domestic goods losing ground to imported ones. Energy Drinks Booming in Costa RicaMonday, October 24, 2016 Reports show that in the last five years consumption has grown by 150%, going from 3.6 million liters consumed in 2010 to 10 million in 2015. Brands such as Monster, Jet, Battery and Red Bull are some of the energy drinks sold in Costa Rica, where, as in other countries, the consumption of these drinks has been growing steadily in recent years. Beer: Imports Increase 45%Thursday, November 15, 2018 Because of the purchase behavior from Mexico, during the first half of the year, beer imports in Central America totaled $83 million, 45% more than in the same period in 2017. Figures from the Information System on the Malt Beer Market in Central America, compiled by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData: [GRAFICA caption="Click to interact with graphic"] Purchases of Non-Alcoholic Beverages up to Ist QuarterThursday, September 13, 2018 In the first quarter of the year, countries in the region imported $106 million worth of non-alcoholic beverages, and 40% of the total was purchased by companies in Panama and Guatemala. Figures from the information system on the Alcoholic Beverages Market in Central America, compiled by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData: [GRAFICA caption = "Click to interact with graph"] |
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