Severe shortage of commercial LNG supply has also put glass bottle manufacturers under significant strain, brewers said.
Owing to the conflict in West Asia, the brewery industry has experienced an unprecedented escalation in costs and supply disruption and hence, the Brewers Association of India (BAI) has urged the State Governments to allow suppliers a price increase
BAI has also sought, as an interim relief, reduction in the manufacturing levies by around Rs 3-5 per bulk litre to create a cushion to absorb rising costs. “The war has unleashed a massive input cost increase which keeps growing. Glass bottles pric…
As a result of increase in prices of these materials there has been a close to 15% increase in production cost, said BAI Director General Vinod Giri. “The collective impact of these increases is around 15% for brewers.
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