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Alcoholic Drinks Packaging in China

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  • 10 Pages
  • October 2025
  • Region: China
  • Euromonitor International
  • ID: 1750871
In 2024, total alcoholic drinks packaging unit volumes recorded a marginal decline. According to the IWSR (International Wines and Spirits Record) Drinks Market Analysis data, China’s alcohol drinks market was struggling to recover due to widespread downtrading and high inventories built up due to the country’s stuttering economic performance. Many premium/high-end spirits like XO Cognac, aged whiskies and some baijiu brands have built up large inventories.

This Alcoholic Drinks Packaging in China report offers insight into key trends and developments driving packaging across the category. The report also examines trends and prospect for various pack types and closures: metal packaging, rigid plastic, glass, liquid cartons, paper-based containers; flexible packaging.

Product coverage: Beer, Cider/Perry, RTDs, Spirits, Wine.

Data coverage: market sizes (historic and forecasts), company shares, brand shares and distribution data.

Why buy this report?

  • Get a detailed picture of the Alcoholic Drinks Packaging market;
  • Pinpoint growth sectors and identify factors driving change;
  • Understand the competitive environment, the market’s major players and leading brands;
  • Use five-year forecasts to assess how the market is predicted to develop.

Table of Contents

KEY DATA FINDINGS

2024 DEVELOPMENTS
  • PET bottles the most dynamic pack type in China’s alcoholic drinks market in 2024
  • Glass bottles lose ground to metal beverage cans in lager
  • Luxury packaging innovation for The Chuan prestige malt whisky
PROSPECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
  • Return to positive growth expected for Chinese alcoholic drinks packaging in the forecast period
  • Metal bottles will continue gaining pack type share in beer
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