{"id":86774,"date":"2023-10-19T10:07:37","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T08:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/?p=86774"},"modified":"2026-02-03T17:42:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T16:42:41","slug":"german-container-glass-market-declining","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/deutscher-behaelterglasmarkt-ruecklaeufig\/","title":{"rendered":"German container glass market in sharp decline"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sales of container glass amounted to around two million tonnes in the first half of 2023, a decrease of 10.8% compared to the same period of the previous year. Both domestic and international trends showed a decline. This has now been announced by the Glass Packaging Action Forum.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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The Sales in the beverage bottle segment<\/strong> is down in the first half of 2023 compared to the previous year, at minus 12.4 per cent. A look at the sub-segments shows a decline in sales in the beer and spirits (down 16.5 per cent) and wine and sparkling wine (down 8.2 per cent) segments. Non-alcoholic beverages (water, milk and juice) also recorded a significant drop in sales of 7.8 per cent. The upward trend in glass packaging of previous years is therefore not continuing<\/strong>.<\/p>

Also the packaging glass segment for food and packaging glass for pharmaceuticals and cosmetics<\/strong> closed the first half of 2023 with a negative sales trend of minus 7.3%. The sub-segments developed similarly: sales of packaging glass for food without OGS (fruit, vegetables and preserves) fell by 7.7 per cent in the first half of 2023. The packaging glass with OGS sub-segment recorded a decline of 6.8 per cent compared to the same period last year.\u00a0<\/p>

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\u201eThe generally poor situation in the German economy has now also reached the container glass market and interrupted the steady upward trend. The container glass industry had previously proven to be very robust and held up well during the coronavirus crisis and gas shortage. However, this trend unfortunately came to an end in the first half of 2023. The reason for this is a decline in demand and the reduction of stocks. Both of these factors are affecting the entire food value chain.\u00a0
In agreement with leading market research institutes, however, we assume that this is the case, that the market has bottomed out and will recover somewhat in the second half of the year<\/strong>.\"<\/p>

Dr Johann Overath<\/strong>, Managing Director of the Bundesverband Glasindustrie e. V.<\/p><\/blockquote>

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Glass Packaging Action Forum - More news<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tProduct innovation in glass 2026: Apply now\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tCompanies from the bottling food and beverage industry can now apply with their new products packaged in glass for the industry award \u201eProduct Innovation in Glass\u201c.\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tRead more \"\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tGlass 2025 trend day: Glass again and again!\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tAt this year's Glass Trend Day organised by the Glass Packaging Action Forum, the best new products packaged in glass from the food and beverage industry were once again awarded the \u201eProduct Innovation in Glass 2025\u201c prize.\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tRead more \"\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tProduct innovation in Glass 2025: these are the winners\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tAt the Glass 2025 Trend Day organised by the Glass Packaging Action Forum, the winners of the product innovation in glass were announced and the public's favourite was chosen.\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tRead more \"\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tGerman container glass market in slight decline\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tSales of container glass fell by one per cent in the first half of 2025 compared to the same period of the previous year.\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tRead more \"\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tProduct innovation in glass: Application deadline extended until the end of July\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tThe Glass Packaging Action Forum has extended the application deadline for the \u201eProduct Innovation in Glass\u201c award. Companies can now submit their products until the end of July.\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tRead more \"\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tGerman container glass market in decline in 2024\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tSales of container glass fell by 2.5 per cent in 2024 compared to the same period of the previous year. While there was slight growth in Germany, sales abroad continued to decline.\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tRead more \"\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sales of container glass amounted to around two million tonnes in the first half of 2023, a decrease of 10.8% compared to the same period of the previous year. Both domestic and international trends were in decline.","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":63102,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_theme","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"__cvm_playback_settings":[],"__cvm_video_id":"","rank_math_description":"Der Absatz von Beh\u00e4lterglas lag im 1. Halbjahr 2023 bei rund zwei Millionen Tonnen und nahm damit um 10,8 Prozent im Vergleich zum Vorjahreszeitraum ab. ","rank_math_focus_keyword":"Beh\u00e4lterglas","rank_math_title":"","csco_display_header_overlay":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[111],"tags":[58698,48,62,61143,36,32],"class_list":{"0":"post-86774","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-maerkte","8":"tag-aktionsforum-glasverpackung","9":"tag-getraenke","10":"tag-glas","11":"tag-layoutarchiv","12":"tag-markt","13":"tag-packmittel-und-packstoffe","14":"cs-entry","15":"cs-video-wrap"},"acf":[],"vimeo_video":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86774"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86774\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}