Category: Confectionery
Confectionery market research reports by Euromonitor International
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Gum in South Africa
Gum in South Africa Although retail volume sales of gum are expected to return to a slight decline in 2023, the category is set to record strong single-digit retail current value growth in 2023, primarily driven by price rises, value-added options, and flavour innovation. New launches have focused o ... Read More
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Sugar Confectionery in Germany
Sugar Confectionery in Germany The pandemic period was challenging for sales of sugar confectionery in Germany. Not all snacks benefited from larger shopping trips to supermarkets and discounters, while less mobility and children staying home from school, dampened overall retail demand in 2020, foll ... Read More
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Gum in Uruguay
Gum in Uruguay After seeing a major decline in 2020, when the pandemic first arrived in Uruguay, followed by a further fall in sales in 2021, gum registered a rebound in volume and value terms in 2022, with positive growth also expected for 2023, although sales will still remain below pre-pandemic l ... Read More
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Gum in Germany
Gum in Germany While for many snacks, the pandemic period of home seclusion led to higher uptake in Germany, gum suffered from declining sales. Gum tends to be purchased spontaneously and, in addition to the taste and chewing experience, the product is also perceived as effective in freshening breat ... Read More
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Sugar Confectionery in Uruguay
Sugar Confectionery in Uruguay Sugar confectionery continued to see a strong rebound in 2022 in volume terms, with further positive growth expected in 2023, when sales are expected to surpass pre-pandemic levels. Although a mandatory quarantine was not enforced during the pandemic, most people staye ... Read More
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Chocolate Confectionery in Germany
Chocolate Confectionery in Germany Germany was strongly impacted by the pandemic in 2020-2021, due to various restrictions imposed on the local population. However, the situation was positive for most retailers due to the closure of foodservice and limited leisure activities outside of the home. The ... Read More
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Chocolate Confectionery in Uruguay
Chocolate Confectionery in Uruguay In 2022, chocolate confectionery sales surpassed their pre-pandemic levels again in volume and real value terms and were expected to continue seeing positive growth in 2023. While impulse channels such as kiosks, which are included under small local grocers, are he ... Read More
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Chocolate Confectionery in South Africa
Chocolate Confectionery in South Africa Chocolate confectionery is set to record solid retail current value growth in 2023, driven by unit price increases of around 10% in most categories. Meanwhile, without innovation in terms of flavours, and digital campaigns, stronger volume declines would have ... Read More
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Sugar Confectionery in South Africa
Sugar Confectionery in South Africa Sugar confectionery is set to record high single-digit retail current value growth in 2023; however, rising unit prices are expected to drive down retail volume demand. Most categories are projected to see double-digit growth in unit prices as a result of rising p ... Read More
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Sugar Confectionery in Morocco
Sugar Confectionery in Morocco Sugar confectionery is sizeable in Morocco and demand is supported largely by individually-sold sweets and lollipops, most often bought by children. In addition, volume sales are aided by local shopkeepers, who often give sweets instead of change to customers, if the a ... Read More
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Chocolate Confectionery in Morocco
Chocolate Confectionery in Morocco Retail sales of chocolate confectionery saw slightly slower growth in volume terms in 2023. This was attributable to inflationary pressures, which forced many Moroccan consumers to reduce spending on perceived non-essential or luxury purchases. Unit prices of choco ... Read More
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Gum in Morocco
Gum in Morocco Retail sales of gum saw a modest performance in volume terms in 2023, continuing the trend of the previous year. Demand was restricted by the uncertain economic climate, which forced Moroccans to people cut back on unnecessary expenses, including snack products such as gum. However, l ... Read More
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Chocolate Confectionery in Tunisia
Chocolate Confectionery in Tunisia Chocolate confectionery has been impacted by shortages in the supply of sugar, much of which needs to be imported. The shortages have had a severe impact on the local chocolate confectionery industry, which is dependent on this raw material. Several manufacturers h ... Read More
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Gum in Tunisia
Gum in Tunisia The illicit gum trade is showing strong growth in 2023 due to the expansion of brands available. Several imported brands that are legally imported to Tunisia, such as Kent and Mentos, are also available in the illegal trade. Consumers are attracted by the cheaper price of illicit prod ... Read More
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Chocolate Confectionery in Saudi Arabia
Chocolate Confectionery in Saudi Arabia Retail volume sales of chocolate confectionery are recording stronger growth in 2023 compared to the previous year, due to the growing population, the rise in impulse purchases outside of the home, and the focus of players on expanding the presence of their br ... Read More
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Sugar Confectionery in Saudi Arabia
Sugar Confectionery in Saudi Arabia Demand for sugar confectionery was negatively impacted in 2020 and 2021 due to the pandemic, which led to lockdowns and schools being closed. Limited mobility and on-the-go impulse purchases, especially amongst children, were major factors in the significant drop ... Read More
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Gum in Saudi Arabia
Gum in Saudi Arabia Gum sales were negatively impacted by the pandemic in 2020 due to lockdowns in Saudi Arabia and limited mobility outside of the home. In addition, local consumers were more focused on purchasing essential commodities such as medicine and groceries, with gum not considered a prior ... Read More
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Sugar Confectionery in Tunisia
Sugar Confectionery in Tunisia Pastilles, gummies, jellies and chews recorded the highest retail volume and current value growth in 2023, due to robust sales performance of local and international brands. The Tunisian company Société Tunisienne de Chocolaterie et de Confiserie (SOTUCHOC) is pushing ... Read More
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Sugar Confectionery in Cameroon
Sugar Confectionery in Cameroon Growth in retail volume sales of sugar confectionery in Cameroon in 2023 looks set to be relatively modest, and only marginally above that recorded in 2022. This is mainly because high inflation fuelled by the global recovery from the pandemic and Russia’s invasion of ... Read More
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Gum in Cameroon
Gum in Cameroon The latter part of the review period saw a number of chewing gum manufacturers in Cameroon move to address longstanding consumer complaints about quality standards by reformulating established brands and launching new varieties with softer textures and longer-lasting flavours. For ex ... Read More
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Chocolate Confectionery in Cameroon
Chocolate Confectionery in Cameroon In the first quarter of 2023, Cameroon’s National Cocoa and Coffee Board revised the maximum price of cacao beans upwards twice, bringing it to XAF1,290 per kg. These changes were attributed to a spike in demand caused by the entry of two new grinders (Neo Industr ... Read More
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Gum in Chile
Gum in Chile After having suffered a dramatic loss in 2020 due to lack of mobility outside of the home, volume sales of gum partially recovered in 2021. In 2022, with the full return to normality, gum’s volume sales returned to the longer-term trend of small annual reductions, with further declines ... Read More
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Sugar Confectionery in Chile
Sugar Confectionery in Chile After being critically hit by the pandemic in 2020 and only a partial recovery in 2021, retail volume sales of sugar confectionery fully recovered in 2022 and are expected to continue growing to surpass 2019’s levels in 2023. Among the many categories negatively impacted ... Read More
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Chocolate Confectionery in Chile
Chocolate Confectionery in Chile Chileans remain the most avid chocolate consumers in the region. In terms of both volume and value, Chile leads the ranking in per capita chocolate consumption in LATAM (more than doubling the average). 2023 continues to be influenced by pandemic-driven chocolate tre ... Read More
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Gum in Romania
Gum in Romania Current retail volume growth in 2023 results from completely eliminating COVID-19 restrictions since 2022, with students returning to school and workers in the workplace. With more time spent outside of the home, socialising and meetings have revived the role of gum as a breath refres ... Read More
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