World beer overview

Beijing Commercial Machinery Research Institute Chen Jingbo World beer production has been growing steadily for many years. In 1977, a total of 84.6 million tons of beer were produced in various countries of the world, increasing to 105 million tons in 1987 and increasing to 131 million tons in 1997. In 1998, a total of 133 million tons of beer were produced in all countries in the world, an increase of 1.6% over the previous year. Compared with 1988 (109 million tons) 10 years ago, the increase was 12.3%, with an average annual increase of 1.2%.
If 133 million tons of beer are filled in large glass bottles (633 milliliters), it would be equivalent to 210 billion bottles. If these bottles are lined up one after the other, they can wind around the Earth's equator more than 1,500 turns. From all major regions, Europe is still the largest beer producer. In 1998, the output was 43.9 million tons, accounting for 33.0% of the world total, Asia was 32.47 million tons, accounting for 24.4%, and Beijing was 26.05 million tons, accounting for 19.6%, Central and South America was 21.58 million tons, accounting for 16.2%, Africa was 5.97 million tons, accounting for 4.5%, Oceania was 2.23 million tons, accounting for 1.7%, and the Middle East and the East was 810,000 tons, accounting for 0.6%. The beer production in the United States was 23.8 billion liters in 1998 and remains the highest in the world. Beer production is ranked among the top 10 countries in the world. In addition to the United States, there are 19.6 billion liters in China, 11.2 billion liters in Germany, 8.2 billion liters in Brazil, 7.2 billion liters in Japan, 5.7 billion liters in the United Kingdom, 5.5 billion liters in Mexico, and 3.3 billion in Russia. Li, 2.6 billion liters in South Africa, and 2.5 billion liters in Spain. From the point of view of major beer producing countries, China’s growth has been the fastest, from 175 million litres in 1977 to 5.25 billion litres in 1987, 18.65 billion litres in 1997, and 19.64 billion litres in 1998, an increase of more than 110 times. Since 1993, it has become the second largest beer producer in the world after the United States. The proportion of China’s beer production to the world’s total production also increased from 0.2% in 1977 to 5.0% in 1987, 14.2¥ in 1997 and 14.8% in 1998, which means that China’s beer production already accounts for about 1 in the world. /7.
Global residents drank 171 million liters of beer in 1997, equivalent to 210 billion large bottles, and the per capita annual global consumption of 36 bottles. However, the countries that can drink beer in particular are mostly in Europe. The Czech Republic is the global beer booze champion with a per capita beer consumption of 257 bottles. The following eight countries are all in Europe. They are 243 Irish bottles, 207 German bottles, 184 Danish bottles, 179 Austria bottles, 164 British bottles, 160 Belgian bottles, and 151 bottles of Luxembourg. Although China is the world’s second-largest beer producer, the per capita beer consumption is only 24 bottles (15.2 liters), which is equivalent to only one-tenth of the Czech Republic and Ireland, and is also a fraction of the world average.
From the perspective of beer packaging, there are mainly metal cans, glass bottles and barrels (wood barrels, metal barrels, etc.). The global consumption of beer and refreshing beverage cans is about 220 billion per year, equivalent to 54% of the total consumption of 410 billion cans of various metal cans. The consumption of processed beverage cans is 100 billion, accounting for 24% of the total. Since DWI cans were used in the beer and soft drink industry in 1964, it has developed rapidly. In many countries, large-scale canning companies and production lines have emerged. At present, the annual canning capacity of the United States has exceeded 120 billion, with more than 60 billion in the Asia-Pacific region, 37 billion in Europe, and a total of 240 billion in the world. Judging from the DWI can production line, in 1997 there were 500 countries in the world (the United States accounted for 47%), of which 410 cans of aluminum cans (57% in the United States) and 90 tin can production lines. In 1998, the consumption of beer and refreshing beverage cans in the United States was 105 billion, far ahead of the rest of the world. Japan has 35 billion, ranking second. The following sequence is 12 billion in Brazil, 5 billion in South Korea, 4.9 billion in Canada, 4.9 billion in Mexico, 4.3 billion in France, 3.8 billion in Saudi Arabia, 3.6 billion in Taiwan, 3.3 billion in Australia, and 3.2 billion in Spain. The other countries are 26.5 billion. The vast majority of beverage metal cans in the United States were aluminum cans. In 1998, it was 102.9 billion, an increase of 2.2% over the previous year. Of these, 69.5 billion were refreshing beverage cans, up 6.1%, and 34.3 billion were beer cans, down 2.4%. During the five years between 1993 and 1998, the consumption of aluminum cans in American refreshing beverages increased by 16%, while the consumption of beer cans decreased by 11%. It is expected that by the year 2002, refreshing beverage cans will increase at an average rate of 3% year-on-year, while beer aluminum cans will decrease by an average of 2% each year. The consumption of American beer aluminum cans is the largest in the world, which is 3 times that of Western Europe and 4 times that of Japan.
The Western European beer dissolver situation is different from that of the United States, where glass bottle packaging is still as popular as it used to be. The proportion of metal cans is not large. In 1992, 1997 and 1998, the production volume of beer glass bottles in Western Europe (referring to 7 countries including Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands and Spain) accounted for 77 7%, 76.8% and 76.7% of the total containers, respectively. This means that glass bottles in Western Europe's beer market account for more than 3/4. The situation of the majority of glass bottles will continue. It is estimated that by 2002, the glass bottle production will still account for 76% of the total beer container output, and the proportion of metal cans (mainly aluminum cans) will account for the total amount, but also increase, but it is very Slowly, it rose slightly from 22.3% in 1992 to 23.2% in 1997 and 23.4% in 1998, and will increase to 24% in 2002. In 1998, a total of 465 beer containers were produced in 7 Western European countries, including 35.5 billion glass bottles and 11 billion metal cans. There are also disposable bottles and multiple application bottles in the glass bottle. The former produces 8.8 billion and the latter 26.7 billion. It is estimated that by 2002, the production volume of beer containers in Western Europe will increase to 48 billion, including 36.5 billion glass bottles (9 billion disposable bottles, 27.5 billion bottles of multiple sex bottles) and 11.5 billion metal cans. German beer container production was 18.3 billion in 1998, including 15.5 billion glass bottles (84.9% of the total, one-off bottles 1 billion, multiple sex bottles 14.5 billion), and 2.8 billion metal cans 15.1%). Most other countries also use glass bottles, such as Belgium, France, Italy, the Netherlands, and Spain, which account for 94.2%, 84.5%, 88.1%, 83.6%, and 85.3% of the total beer container production. Only in the United Kingdom, beer cans accounted for absolute advantages in the production of beer containers. In 1998, the production of beer cans in the UK was 4.9 billion, accounting for 86.9% of the total container production of 5.6 billion bottles, and the glass bottles production was only 700 million, accounting for only 13.1. %. The proportion of metal cans in other countries is very low, with 16.8%, 15.5%, 15.1%, 14.7%, and 11.9% in the Netherlands, France, Germany, Spain, and Italy, respectively, and only 5.8% in Belgium. Most of the French and Italian glass bottles were disposable bottles, which accounted for 80.3% and 72.6% of the total containers respectively. Most bottles in Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands and Spain were multiple bottles, which accounted for the total container output. 84.3%, 80%, 78.2% and 66%.
Japan’s beer production has reached 7 billion liters in recent years, such as 7.14 billion liters in 1996 and 7.18 billion liters in 1997, making it the fifth largest beer producer. 1 The production of beer in 1998 was slightly higher than that of the previous year, which was also 7.22 billion liters (the figures above are the total value of beer and gas-fired sparkling wine, of which 6.25 billion for beer and 970 million liters for sparkling wine). In Japan, there are three major categories of beer packaging, one is a metal can, one is a glass bottle, and the other is a wooden barrel. In the past, glass bottles have long been the primary packaging of Japanese beer. Until 1993, glass bottled beer still accounted for more than half of all beer in Japan. However, in recent years, the proportion of glass bottled beer has dropped significantly from year to year, from 50% in 1993 to 43% in 1995 and 37% in 1997, dropped to 36.7% in 1998 (including 32.6% after foaming). Metal canned beer accounted for the proportion of all beer in Japan. In the same period, it decreased slightly from 47% in 1993 to 47.1%. In other words, canned beer already accounts for about half of Japanese beer. If you include sparkling wine, the proportion of cans is more than half of 54%. The proportion of barreled beer such as large wooden barrels also increased. In 1993, it was 8.7%. It rose to 12% and 14% respectively in 1995 and 1997, and rose to 16.2% in 1998 (including 13.4% after foaming). The output of Japanese aluminum cans was 16.6 billion in 1997, of which 9.5 billion were beer cans, which accounted for 57% of the total. Kirin, Asahi, Zaozhuang and Suntory are the four largest beer production companies in Japan. In 1998, Kirin produced 2.38 billion liters, Asahi was 2.46 billion liters, Akira was 9.8 million liters, and Suntory was 3.3 million liters. Suntory's canning ratio was the highest at 67.6%, and Kirin, Asahi and Zaohuang were 54.3%, 52.2% and 49.6%, respectively. Kirin's glass bottled beer accounted for 37% of the total, Asahi was 34.4%, Zao Akira was 28.8%, and Suntory was 12.1%.
Asia (referring to Japan, China, Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, South Korea and ASEAN countries, the same below) In 1996, the consumption of beer and beverage metal cans was more than 60 billion, of which 23 billion were two cans and 26 billion were three cans. . In the past 10 years, the consumption of two-piece cans and three-piece cans in each of the aforementioned countries and regions increased by 250% and 63% respectively. According to the British “The Canner” magazine, Asian metal canned soft drinks will reach 13.7 billion liters by the year 2000, accounting for 26% of the total 52.4 billion liters of total beverages, including Japan’s 7.7 billion liters, China’s 3.2 billion liters, and South East Asia’s 2.7 billion liters. PET bottled soft drinks accounted for 23.7 billion liters, accounting for 45% of the total. Asian metal canned beer reached 12.5 billion liters in 2000, accounting for 30% of the total 42.2 billion liters of beer, including 2.8 billion liters in Japan, 6.9 billion liters in China, and 2.8 billion liters in Southeast Asia. Glass bottled beer was 27.9 billion liters, accounting for 66% of the total. (Source: Japan's "Total Food", "Food and Containers," etc.)