Pet care is set to experience a challenging year in 2023 mainly due to increases in raw material prices. In 2022, the growing trend of pet ownership slowed down with pet owners already beginning to look for new strategies to deal with the rising prices of…
Peru has been experiencing a sustained increase in prices since 2021, which worsened in 2022 and will certainly remain high in 2023. This price increase is transversal to most consumer goods categories and services. Although Peru is a country that has loc…
Pet products is expected to see current value growth in 2023, supported by continuous growth in pet hygiene products. Pet hygiene products, such as toilet products and nappies, are set to see strong growth due to rising awareness of hygiene amongst pet ow…
Other pet food in Japan is expected to continue to post positive performances in both retail current value and retail volume terms in 2023. However, the results differ across the category, with bird food and small mammal/reptile food set to maintain growt…
Cat food in Japan is expected to continue to see a positive performance in retail current value terms in 2023, mainly due to unit price increases, led by inflation and ongoing premiumisation. In 2022, most manufacturers increased their prices by double di…
Dog food in Japan is set to continue to decline in retail volume terms in 2023, due to the continuous fall in the dog population. An ageing population and an increasing number of dual-income and single-person households, coupled with cramped housing condi…
Pet humanisation is a growing trend in the United Arab Emirates, with pet owners treating their pets as family members. This has resulted in an increase in demand for complementary products within pet products. Current value increases were seen all catego…
The bird and fish populations are set to continue to witness steady growth in 2023; however, the growth in the number of these pets is not expected to be as high as the growth in the number of cats and dogs. During the early pandemic in 2020, the bird and…
The cat population continued to grow in the United Arab Emirates in 2022, and this is set to continue in 2023. There is a strong cat culture, with cats well-regarded in the Islamic faith and treated well. This is further seen from Dubai Municipality’s eff…
Maintaining a long-standing trend, dog food is set to continue to witness retail volume and current value growth in 2023. Dog ownership in the United Arab Emirates was previously associated with Westerners who had higher disposable incomes. Meanwhile, Mus…
Value sales of pet dietary supplements (under pet healthcare) continue to gain momentum in 2023 due to greater product innovation and increasing demand from local pet owners. One of the key drivers is the humanisation trend, as pet owners in Hong Kong ten…
The size of small mammal food is being directly impacted by changes in the overall population of such pets in Hong Kong. The small mammal population recorded a sharp drop in 2022, mainly due to the hamster cull after these animals tested positive for COVI…
Value sales of cat food in Hong Kong continue to experience a strong upwards trend in 2023, which is mainly due to the premiumisation trend, while volume sales remain flat. Cat food retail prices have been steadily increasing over the review period, espec…
Volume sales of dog food grew rapidly during the pandemic in 2020 in line with a remarkable rise in the dog population and ownership. However, the following years have seen a stabilising trend, with demand continuing to fall in 2022 due to the unforeseen …
In 2022, cat litter accounted for around a 15% share of overall retail sales of pet products, and maintained strong double-digit growth in retail current value terms. It showed resilience during the spread of the pandemic, as this product is increasingly …
In China, the fish population is the highest of all pets, thanks to their ornamental effect and ease of care, with many people keeping several fish. Growth in the fish population, as well as retail current value sales of fish food, remained slow and stabl…
Thanks to the rising popularity of cats as pets in China, the population of these animals is growing, and the proportion of prepared food is also increasing due to health concerns. Therefore, cat food saw both retail volume and current value growth in 202…
Both retail volume and current value sales of dog food declined in 2022, following a slowing growth rate in recent years. The decreasing dog population over 2020-2022 reduced the consumer base for dog food, with the decrease in the large dog population es…
With the third largest pet population in the world, Brazil stands out as a target for both external and internal investments in pet care, including pet products. Since the emergence of the pandemic, the country has experienced significant growth rates in …
Home seclusion during the pandemic resulted in increasing adoption rates of other pets in Brazil, such as fish, birds and small mammals, with these populations continuing to rise in 2022/2023, helping to maintain positive volume sales for other pet food. …