Alcoholic Beverages (Global Market)

Popularity of alcohol types in countries of the world

Map of the popularity of alcoholic beverages in countries around the world, (circa 2012)

The popularity of drinks in the United States

The popularity of drinks in the United States depending on age: gray - beer, black - strong, red - wine. 2019

Alcohol market in Russia

• Alcoholic beverages (Russian market)

Beer (global market)

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Champagne (world market)

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Whiskey market

• Whiskey market

Chronicle

2022

The volume of the global online alcohol sales market for the year is estimated at $73 billion

The volume of the global market for alcoholic beverages sold via the Internet in 2022 amounted to more than $73 billion, analysts at Analytic Research Group, whose data were published in November 2023, calculated.

According to experts, from 2017 to 2022 online alcohol sales in the world grew by an average of 26.97% annually. It is expected that by 2027 the market volume will exceed $100 billion.

As noted in the study, online alcohol trading by 2022 is a well-developed market in European countries, such as,, and Britain Germany. France Italy At the same time, the five leading countries in terms of sales in monetary terms in 2022 included,,, China USA Japan Britain and. Thailand

As for Russia, online sale of alcohol is still illegal by 2022. Players working in the legal segment of the market can offer customers catalogs and online product displays, but receiving an order in any case is made only at the retailer's retail point.

The following companies are named as the leaders of the global online alcohol sales market:

• Vivino;
• Uber Technologies;
• Vintage Wine Estates;
• Drizly;
• Naked Wines;
• Evino;
• Winc;
• Bright Cellars;
• ReserveBar;
• Flaviar;
• Total Wine and More;
• Costco Wholesale;
• Wine.com;
• WineAccess;
• Minibar Delivery;
• Underground Enterprises.

By 2022, online alcohol trading was allowed in almost a hundred countries around the world. In addition to the largest economies, we are talking, among other things, about the BRICS member countries (China, Brazil and South Africa), the EAEU member states (Kazakhstan, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan), as well as countries with a tough and targeted anti-alcohol policy (Finland and Norway). The internal rules for the sale and delivery of alcohol-containing drinks in different states may differ slightly, but the key rules remain common - controlling the age of buyers and licensing suppliers of alcohol products.^[1]

Stimulating youth alcohol consumption in Japan as tax revenue slumps

In August 2022, the Tax Authorities of Japan announced a competition among people aged 20 to 39 - its participants should offer ways to persuade young people to consume more alcohol, writes the Financial Times. The reason for the initiative is that in 2011, alcoholic beverages accounted for 3% of all tax revenues in Japan, then by 2020 it decreased to 2%.

Participants of the contest Sake Viva! it is necessary to present "new products and designs," as well as ways to encourage drinking at home.

2020: Global wine consumption falls to lowest since 2002

At the end of April 2021, the Trade Organization France reported that wine consumption worldwide in 2020 fell to its lowest level since 2002, as bars and restaurants closed their doors and tourist trips stopped due to the pandemic. coronavirus

Total wine consumption fell 3% to approximately 234 million hectoliters in 2020, or approximately 6.2 billion gallons, Paris the International Winemaking Organization, based at the International Winemaking Organization, said. The decline was also driven by a 25% American tariff on the import of some European wines, which was introduced by USA Donald Trump the former president at the end of 2019 due to a transatlantic dispute over subsidies for aircraft construction. These restrictions were suspended by US President Joe Biden in a deal with officials in EU March 2021.

Global wine consumption has fallen to its lowest since 2002

As for the market value, according to the International Winemaking Organization, the total export of wine from producing countries, a key indicator of the industry, fell by 6.7% in 2020 to 29.6 billion euros ($35.6 billion). However, this figure turned out to be better than experts who expected exports to fall by 10% predicted.

This forecast turned out to be too negative, - admitted the director of the International Winemaking Organization Pau Roca at an online press conference.

Increased sales of wine in supermarkets helped offset losses associated with the closure of cafes, bars and restaurants during the period of social distancing. The crisis hit festive sparkling wines such as champagne hardest, but sales of boxed wines in 2020 exceeded sales in all other categories and grew by 12%. However, these wines still account for only 4% of global production in volume and only 2% in value, the International Winemaking Organization said.^[2]

At what age alcohol is sold in countries of the world

Data for 2018

Harm from drinking alcohol

Alcoholism

Main article: Alcoholism

Cancer

WHO: In 741 thousand cases of cancer, alcohol became the cause

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), in 741,300 cases of cancer in 2020, alcohol was the cause. Such statistics were published in July 2021. Read more here.

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