ビール類販売、２割減　駆け込み反動や台風影響―９月

　ビール大手４社は１０日、９月のビール類（ビール、発泡酒、第三のビール）の販売実績を発表した。各社とも前年同月を下回り、キリンビールなどの推計によると、市場全体では２２％減と４カ月連続のマイナスとなった。
　昨年１０月の酒税改正に伴う駆け込み需要の反動や、台風や大雨といった天候不順で飲食店向けの業務用が落ち込んだ影響が出た。
　メーカー別では、キリンビールが数量ベースで２５％減、サントリーが２４％減、サッポロビールが１０％減。金額ベースで公表しているアサヒビールは１９％減だった。（2024/10/10-14:41）

Sales of beer and quasi-beer products in Japan shrank by an estimated 22 pct from a year earlier in September, data from four major brewers showed Thursday.
   Sales were hit by the fallout from a liquor tax hike for beer-like "third-segment" alcoholic beverages and price increase for "happoshu" low-malt quasi-beer products in October last year, as well as by a commercial demand decline due to unfavorable weather conditions including typhoon-caused downpours.
   Sales volume fell 25 pct at Kirin Brewery Co., 24 pct at Suntory Spirits Ltd. and 10 pct at Sapporo Breweries Ltd. Asahi Breweries Ltd. posted a 19 pct drop in value.
   By product, sales of beer dropped 2 pct and those of "happoshu" plunged 21 pct. Meanwhile, third-segment sales tumbled 46 pct, extending their losing streak to 24 months.
   "Overall sales are expected to show a turnaround in October as the adverse effects of the tax hike and happoshu markups would dissipate, although the third segment's slump is likely to continue," a company official said.