In fiscal year 2018, the sales volume of bottled low-malt beer-style (happoshu) craft beer manufactured by microbreweries in Japan amounted to 1,690 kiloliters, representing the most common container type for commercially available products.
Happoshu refers to beer-like beverages with a malt content of less than 50 percent. Furthermore, beverages with a malt content over 50 percent, but not classified as 'beer' due to optional ingredients like fruits or herbs, are also classified as happoshu.
Sales volume of low-malt (happoshu) craft beer* in Japan in fiscal year 2018, by container type
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Sales volume in kiloliters
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fiscal year 2018; the Japanese fiscal year runs from April 1 of each stated year to March 31 of the following year
Special properties
figures are based on annual surveys
Supplementary notes
*'Craft beer' refers to beverages produced and distributed by microbreweries. Microbreweries in this case indicate manufacturers of beer and low-malt beer/sparkling liquor (happoshu). Including corporations with a capital of less than 300 million Japanese yen as well as corporations and individuals with less than 300 employees.
Excluding the five major breweries Asahi Breweries, Suntory Beer, Sapporo Breweries, Kirin Brewery, and Orion Breweries.
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NTA (Japan). (June 30, 2020). Sales volume of low-malt (happoshu) craft beer* in Japan in fiscal year 2018, by container type (in kiloliters) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1171479/japan-sales-volume-low-malt-craft-beer-by-container/
NTA (Japan). "Sales volume of low-malt (happoshu) craft beer* in Japan in fiscal year 2018, by container type (in kiloliters)." Chart. June 30, 2020. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1171479/japan-sales-volume-low-malt-craft-beer-by-container/
NTA (Japan). (2020). Sales volume of low-malt (happoshu) craft beer* in Japan in fiscal year 2018, by container type (in kiloliters). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1171479/japan-sales-volume-low-malt-craft-beer-by-container/
NTA (Japan). "Sales Volume of Low-malt (Happoshu) Craft Beer* in Japan in Fiscal Year 2018, by Container Type (in Kiloliters)." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Jun 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1171479/japan-sales-volume-low-malt-craft-beer-by-container/
NTA (Japan), Sales volume of low-malt (happoshu) craft beer* in Japan in fiscal year 2018, by container type (in kiloliters) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1171479/japan-sales-volume-low-malt-craft-beer-by-container/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Sales volume of low-malt (happoshu) craft beer* in Japan in fiscal year 2018, by container type (in kiloliters) [Graph], NTA (Japan), June 30, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1171479/japan-sales-volume-low-malt-craft-beer-by-container/
