As it does every year, the tax authorities released numbers on how much alcohol was taxed in Japan. Volume measurements are in kiloliters (1 kiloliter = 1,000 liters = 264 gallons). This list does not include every taxable category of alcohol available in Japan. CategoryVolume (kl)vs 2018Shochu Otsurui (honkaku/single-distilled)424,82096.1%Shochu Korui … [Read more...]
Canned RTD cocktail sales climb further
Takara Distillery is commonly credited with starting the canned chuhai craze back in 1984. The shochu and citrus juice cocktails were an instant hit, and that segment of the market has seen year-on-year growth almost every year since. 2015 was no exception. After barely breaching the 100 million case threshold for the first time in 2014, the "Ready To Drink" (RTD) industry … [Read more...]