In the past few years, china carbonated beverage market has been in a state of saturation, and some large carbonated drink enterprises speed up their expansion towards non-carbonated drink field.
Relevant data indicates that China's total production of carbonated beverage in 2005 was 7.71million tons, up by 20.82% compared to 2004.
Hangzhou BC Foods Co.
Ltd.
ranked at the top with an output of 570 thousand tons.In 2005, China carbonated beverage industry achieved a sales revenue of 31.9 billion yuans, up by 21.63% compared to 2004.
Coca-Cola (China) Beverages Ltd.
ranked at the top with sales revenue of 2.8 billion yuans.Though the growth rates of both production and sale exceeded 20%, the profitability has declined compared with 2004.The sales of carbonated beverage ranked at the top in the soft drink industry and its output ranked at the second place.