Market research on consumer products, commercial industries, demo...
Market research on consumer products, commercial industries, demographics trends and consumer lifestyles in Bolivia. Includes comprehensive data and analysis, tables and charts, with five-year forecasts.
Sweet spreads are expected to register a decrease in volume sales in 2023. Part of this decline is due to the widespread availability of smuggled sweet spreads in outdoor markets. Smuggling has increased significantly in recent years. Bolivia’s fixed…
Sauces, dips and condiments are expected to register healthy current value and volume growth in 2023. With increasing inflationary pressure, consumers look to cook at home, with cooking ingredients and condiments especially performing well. That…
Meals and soup are expected to register a decrease in volume sales in 2023. In particular, soup is expected to register a steep volume decline. Part of this decline is due to the widespread availability of smuggled soup in outdoor markets. Smuggling…
Edible oils is expected to register a slight decrease in volume sales in 2023. That being said, consumers have not been exposed to the same global inflationary pressures for edible oils as many other countries arising both from the war in Ukraine and…
Bolivia has managed to protect itself to a large extent from inflation by continuing to have a fixed exchange rate against the dollar. However, there has been challenges for the economy in 2023, with sharp falls in foreign currency reserves and this…
Considerable state involvement hinders economic freedom in Bolivia, whilst government finances remain weak and a threat to stability. Although inflation has been controlled effectively, through subsidies and solid food production, the economy is…
Yoghurt is expected to register healthy current value and volume growth in 2023, while value sales for sour milk products continue to be negligible. Whereas before yoghurt was perceived as a non-essential premium product, it is increasingly becoming…
While value sales are still low, soy drinks are expected to register healthy current value and moderate volume growth. Local dairy companies now offer soy drinks and this has greatly increased distribution, both in supermarkets and also local…
Condensed milk, followed by cream, are the two main products in terms of value sales within other dairy in Bolivia. In 2023, other dairy is expected to register muted volume growth, with the performance dragged down by condensed milk. Condensed milk…
In 2023, Bolivian society again resumed daily life as it was before the pandemic, with people out and about more, as a result. This is expected to result in less drinking milk being consumed at home and this is expected to dampen volume sales,…