Summary
Commercial beverages witnessed a low single digit increase in Q2-16, restricted by the poor performance of alcoholic drinks and soft drinks. Soft drinks categories experienced a slight decline due to decrease in consumption of traditional big categories such as CSD, iced/RTD tea drinks and still drinks. Wine continued to recover thanks to its healthy image and further improved living standards. As China's economic growth is slowing down, the dairy market is experiencing slow growth as well.

Key Findings
- The trends for healthy and fashionable drinks require more product innovation from the industry

- When prices become less sensitive, products with good-looking can packaging always inspire people

- Packaged water and bulk/HOD water did not perform as well as expected due to the unfavorable weather this summer

- Still drinks also kept the declining trend this quarter whereas herbal drinks saw positive growth and grabbed more category shares

- Small size packs for NFC juice are preferred, both because of the high per unit price and the convenience for single-serve consumption

Synopsis
Canadean's China Quarterly Beverage Tracker Q2-16 covering soft drinks, dairy drinks, hot drinks and alcoholic drinks is an essential tool for keeping up-to-date with the latest industry performance and developments on a quarterly basis, covering:

- Topline consumption volumes for Q2-2016 vs. Q2-2015, moving annual totals (MAT) and latest 2016 forecasts for all beverage categories

- Carbonates consumption data for Q2-2016 vs. Q2-2015, moving annual totals (MAT) and latest 2016 forecasts split by regular vs. low calorie, and key flavor

- An economic mood indicator with an at a glance assessment of industry confidence levels, Private Label performance vs. brands and price trends

- Insightful and valuable analysis of the drivers behind the latest quarterly trends and assumptions for full year 2016

- Analysis of significant activity in the soft drinks market, including new product introductions (ranked by brand owner and detailing flavour, pack type/size, retail price and selected product shots)

- Update on important soft drinks corporate activity

Reasons To Buy
- Gain an in-depth understanding of the most up-to-date trends in the China beverage industry to support and enhance your strategic planning

- Investigate the latest quarterly and emerging annual trends in China to back your marketing initiatives

- Analyse the latest beverage category 2016 forecast projections to make well-informed decisions on the outlook in the marketplace for your company

- View a selection of the key quarterly new soft drinks product launches and identify competitor activity

- Access a quarterly Special Focus on a current industry 'hot topic' offering qualitative insight from local consultants to determine opportunities for product innovation