Bolivia

Retail volume and current value growth rates for ice cream in Bolivia in 2024 are expected to be significantly slower than those recorded in 2023. In keeping with the trend witnessed across snacks as a whole, this is partly due to price hikes and…

With agricultural workers getting wage increases, this increased the cost of sugar in Bolivia in 2023. This has impacted juice players, particularly those companies that do not have price agreements with the sugar mills. That being said, juice is…

Laundry care continues to grow in both value and volume terms in 2023, with rising prices, especially in powdered detergents, benefiting value brands, including Chinese brands, Todo Brillo from the local company Industrias Luri, and Uno from Unilever…

Mass beauty and personal care in Bolivia registered higher value growth than premium in 2023. With prices rising, particularly for imported brands, due to a significant fall in foreign cash reserves, there was a degree of trading down behaviour from…

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…