There is a shortage of bottles in Europe, and the delivery cycle is doubled, causing the price of whisky to increase by 30%

According to authoritative media reports, there may be a shortage of glass beer bottles in the UK due to rising energy prices.
At present, some people in the industry have reported that there is also a large gap in the bottle of Scotch whisky. The price increase will lead to an increase in the cost of the product, and the import price passed to the country will increase by 30%.
Of course, since the end of last year, European whisky, mainly Scotland, has started a new round of general price increases, and some strong brands may raise their prices again in the second half of this year.

European wine bottle lead times doubled
Domestic exports decreased by more than 30%

There could be a shortage of wine bottles in the UK due to rising energy prices.

In fact, the shortage of wine bottles in Europe is not only in the field of beer. There are also problems of insufficient supply and rising prices of spirits bottles. A senior person in the whisky industry said that the delivery cycle of all packaging materials, including wine bottles, is currently being extended. Taking the packaging materials ordered by wineries in large quantities as an example, the delivery cycle can be achieved once every two weeks in the past, but it currently takes one month. , more than doubled.

More than 80% of the wine bottles produced by a company are for export, including foreign wine bottles and wine bottles. Due to the difficulty of ordering shipping containers and frequent delays in shipping schedules, “the current orders are 40% less.”

Due to the lack of transportation capacity caused by rising natural gas prices and shortage of truck drivers, local production in Europe has led to insufficient supply of wine bottles, while wine bottles exported from China to Europe have been reduced by at least 30% due to the impact of the epidemic on global logistics efficiency. Industry analysts The European bottle shortage is unlikely to ease in the short term. According to the experience of previous years, production enterprises will also face power cuts after entering June, which will also lead to a reduction of production by about 30%, or will further aggravate the shortage of wine bottles.

The direct consequence of the lack of supply is the price increase. Zheng Zheng said that the current increase in the purchase price of wine bottles is more than double digits, and some unconventional products have increased even more. He concluded that “the increase is terrible.” At the same time, he said that foreign wine packaging is relatively simple, so packaging materials account for a small proportion of the cost. In the past, the slight increase in the winery was basically digested by itself, and it was rarely passed on to the product price, but this time it was indeed due to the excessive increase. The price of the product has increased by 20% due to the increase in the cost of packaging materials. If the tariff is added, the current price to the importer has increased by more than 30% compared with that before the price increase.

The price of wine bottles will increase by about 10% since the second half of 2021, and the prices of others such as carton boxes will increase by about 13% since 2021; the prices of aluminum-plastic caps, wine labels, and cork stoppers have also increased slightly. He further explained that the current supply of packaging materials such as wine bottles, corks, wine labels, aluminum-plastic caps, and cartons is basically sufficient to meet normal production needs. The supply cycle is mainly affected by the epidemic closure and control, and the supply cannot be supplied during the closure and control period. The supply cycle during the unsealed and controlled period is basically the same as usual. What the company can do at present is to coordinate with the bottle factory according to the annual plan, and make sufficient stock in the off-season to ensure that the quantity is sufficient and the price is relatively stable when customers use it.