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07 August 2025

Deposit on cans disrupts Austria’s beer market

Austria | Major changes to Austria’s beverage container deposit scheme on 1 January have led to “structural changes” in the beer market. Although there are no data available yet, observers suspect that sales of canned beer and beverages have declined significantly, especially in Austria’s regions which border Hungary and Slowenia. Cross-border shoppers liked to stock up on deposit-free beer. No longer, apparently.

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