Japanese craft beer is finding a warm welcome away from home
With 99% of the local beer market dominated by five major makers, it’s little wonder that Japan’s craft brews don’t always get the recognition they could at home. (more…)
India. Karnataka orders recovery of tax dues from UBL
Even as a consortium of banks led by State Bank of India (SBI) is struggling to recover loan dues amounting to Rs 9,091 crore from UB Group chairman Vijay Mallya, the Commercial Taxes Department of Karnataka has issued an order to recover tax dues amounting to several lakhs of rupees from Mallya-controlled United Breweries Limited (UBL). (more…)
China. Beer moves to premium
Founded by German and British settlers in 1903, and one of China’s oldest beer brands, Tsingtao Beer is distributed to more than 80 countries and regions. The company is listed on the Hong Kong and Shanghai Stock Exchanges.
Millward Brown and WPP have released the 6th annual BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Chinese Brands ranking and report. There are four main Chinese beer brands in the chart this year. Unfortunately, their positions decreased year-on-year. (more…)
India. Block deal on United Breweries; stock up 1%
United Breweries gained 1.1% to Rs.852 on BSE. Around 4.5 lakh shares were traded in a single block at Rs. 327.45 on the NSE. Heineken buys additional 21 Lakh shares in United Breweries, as per media reports. (more…)
Philippines. San Miguel Brewery Incorporated increased volumes by 3% in 2015
Conglomerate San Miguel Corporation (SMC) reported consolidated net income, before foreign exchange translations, of P38.2 billion ($824.7 million) up 26% from 2014, the firm said in a statement following an investors briefing on March 17. (more…)
India. UB says not interested in buying Kingfisher brand
United Breweries, who was seen as a likely candidate to buy the Kingfisher Airline brand, has said that it is not interested in owning the carrier’s label, according to media reports. (more…)
Russia. The legislators had mercy for craft brewers
Small companies that produce beer, cider, perry and mead up to 30 thousand hectolitres per year will be exempted from the need to connect to USAIS (Unified State Automated Information System). In spite of state preferences, they had to connect to the accounting system to monitor shipments to distributors. This resulted in a reduction of the market turnover and the closure of manufactures, Russian newspaper “Kommersant” writes. (more…)
India. Goa Minister slammed for approving beer factory
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Goa, on Sunday slammed Goa Industries Minister Mahadev Naik and the State Investment Promotion Board (IPB) for approving a beer factory, a “red category” industry, in Sanguem in south Goa, thereby violating the IPB’s own mandate. (more…)
The Chinese continue to consume more import beer
In February 2016 the volume of beer imports to China amounted to 20.95 million litres. This is by 50.7% more than last February. (more…)
Heineken aims to be market leader in Myanmar by 2020
Heineken intends to become the market leader in Myanmar’s beer market by 2020, confident that it can beat local and foreign products in one of the biggest emerging markets in the Asia Pacific region. (more…)