Moscow, Russia – March 31, 2022: Carlsberg beer in bottle viewing on a supermarket shelf. Russia took control of the Russian subsidiaries of Danone and Carlsberg, which are both selling their Russian operations on Monday. The Danish brewer is still represented in Russia by the Carlsberg, Kronenbourg, Holsten and Tuborg brands.
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Danish brewer Carlsberg Thursday, a slight failure in fourth year sales reported on Thursday and underlined lower growth in 2025.
The company has published sales in the fourth quarter to 15.72 Danish kroner ($ 2.18 billion), just below 15.79 billion Danish Kroner estimated by analysts in an LSEG survey.
Annual sales totaled 75.01 billion Danish Kroner, up 1.9% in annual sliding on a signified basis and practically in accordance with the 74.91 billion Danish Kroner.
Actions increased by 5.2% in 9:27 a.m. in London.
For 2025, Carlsberg provides for growth in organic operating profits from 1% to 5%, including an estimated negative impact from 2% to 3% compared to the loss of its San Miguel beer brand in the United Kingdom on the basis In cash for currencies on February 5, the company declared that it assumes an impact of translation of around 150 million Danish kroner for the whole year.
CEO Jacob Aarup-Andersen has also cited uncertainty around the global consumer as a key challenge for the coming year, but minimized the potential impact of American prices on his business.
“We sell very few products in the United States, so we do not get this direct impact like others. Unforeseen impacts that we did not think about this stadium, “Aarup-Andersen told Silvia Amaro de CNBC on Thursday.
President Donald Trump increased prices on Chinese imports came into force on Tuesday, while new 25% samples from Mexican and Canadian products are currently suspended while negotiations between countries remain underway.
The prospect of new trade costs has nevertheless aroused businesses of companies, especially in the consumer goods sector, on an increase in costs and a stroke of consumer demand.
Spirits Diageo Tuesday said it was take action Facing the potential impact of prices on the key regions of the supply chain and while removing its directives in the medium term due to macroeconomic and geopolitical uncertainty.
Weakness in China, in Europe
Aarup-Andersen has underlined the weakness of the key markets, in particular China, where macroeconomic pressures have weighed on consumption expenses.
“We do not see at this stage a change of steps in consumer behavior,” he said, referring specifically to the Chinese market, while adding that he remains confident in the longer-term growth of the China.
He also underlined the current weakness on the western Europe market, but added that it considers the region as a key objective of the widest of the company aims to increase gross margins, without providing specific figures.
This comes in the midst of a broader trend towards moderation of alcohol consumption, with Aarup-Andersen last month pointing towards a particular decrease in the Western market.
The CEO said that even if he continues to see a “long -term future” for major beer products, the company also adopted other categories of drinks to stimulate resilience.
Aarup-Andersen told CNBC at the time that Carlsberg had launched more than 60 alcohol-free brands in the past three years, with more than half of the launches in the last 12 non-alcoholic months. About a third of the Carlsberg portfolio will be carbonated drinks, with the company recent acquisition of the Britvic carrier of carbonated drinks.
