The bottled water market in India is lucrative and growing fast with excellent long-term future prospects. The report provides a snapshot of the market including the two segments of packaged drinking water and natural mineral water. In addition, the overview provides gives a quick picture of the market with estimates and a clear distinction between the two segments along parameters such as packaging, pricing, and competition. A brief analysis of the drives and challenges suggests that sound economic and high profitability is the key driver. A snapshot of production cost components vis-à-vis market price indicates how lucrative this market can be. Other aspects include the role of the government in growing the market, challenge in transportation, current and future industry initiatives and the threat from unorganized sector.

1. Bottled Water - India
December 2008

2. Executive Summary
Rapidly growing market
Estimated worth USD XX in 2007 & USD YY mn in 2012
Market Packaged Drinking Water: a% of total market
Natural Mineral Water: b% of total market
LE
Drivers: Sound economics, government failure to provide safe drinking water, and archaic laws
Drivers & encouraging groundwater exploitation
Challenges
P
Challenges: Inefficient transportation infrastructure, difficulties in brand differentiation, and
possible threat from public campaigns/litigation
M
Trends SA
Recent Brand Building activity
Continued focus on institutional sales
Flavoured water expected to be launched soon
New entrants from other industries, especially retail and hospitality
Possible export of Himalayan natural mineral water
Packaged Drinking Water segment
– Fiercely competitive and includes a sizeable unorganized sector
Competition – A,B,C are market leaders
Natural Mineral Water Segment
– Little competition and dominated by company Z
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3. •Market Overview
•Drivers & Challenges
•Trends
•Competition
•Key Developments
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4. The Indian bottled water industry is growing dynamically and is
forecast to accelerate until 2012
Overview Size and Segments
•One of the fastest growing, competitive Market Size and Growth
USD m
industries in India
1,000 Z
•Industry estimated to be worth USD XX mn in 800
b%
2007, growing at y% p.a. since 2003
LE
600 a%
Y
•Growth is forecast to accelerate to x% p.a. 400
X
from 2007 to reach USD YY mn by 2012
•Market comprises of two segments:
MP 200
0
2002 2007 2012
A
Packaged drinking water: Water from any source,
S
which is treated for consumption Major Segments
Natural Mineral water: Drawn from a natural
underground source Mineral Water
a%
•Consumption varies across regions and is
primarily linked to the level of prosperity
B region is the largest market with a%
However, southern city of A is estimated to b%
account for b% of the market alone Packaged Water
•Production is concentrated in South India
where ~a% of all bottling plants are located
Source:
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5. Drivers & Challenges
Challenges
Inefficient transport infrastructure
Low-entry barriers and threat from
Drivers low-quality products
Water shortage or lack of safe drinking
Brand and category differentiation
water in most places
Increasing consumer awareness on Possible threat from public campaigns
health issues and litigation
Archaic government laws supporting
groundwater exploitation
Sound economics and high
profitability
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6. Key Trends
Brand building begins
only recently
Institutions continue
Natural mineral
to be an important
water going abroad
channel
Trends
Expected launch of Wide packaging
flavoured water formats
New entrants from
other sectors
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7. X,Y and Z lead in packaged drinking water while Z dominates the
natural mineral water segment
Packaged Drinking Water Market share – organized sector
•Fiercely competitive due to attractive Company X
economics and huge size a%
•Organized sector comprises X,Y,Z and
Company V f% c% Company Y
numerous regional brands
localized brands as well
PLE
•Includes a large number of regional or
Company U
e%
d%
Company Z
Natural Mineral Water
SAM
•Few participants - only xx licensees
Market share
Company X
a%
•Dominated by company Z
•Other domestic brands include U,V,W
•The niche premium import segment includes
A,B,C b%
Company Z
A large unorganized sector also exists providing fierce competition to larger players
A large unorganized sector also exists providing fierce competition to larger players
Source:
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