Question 15312 — alcohols and alcoholic beverages

Summary

Ms. Sandra Delannoy alerts the Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industrial, Energy and Digital Sovereignty to the economic and industrial consequences of geopolitical tensions in the Middle East on the French brewing industry. Several professionals in the sector are warning of the risks induced by the war in Iran and the potential disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz, a strategic route for the global supply of natural gas and chemicals needed for industrial production. French brewers fear in particular a sudden increase in energy costs, difficulties in supplying food carbon dioxide essential for the manufacture and preservation of soft drinks, as well as an increase in the costs of glass, transport and packaging. This situation raises fears an increased weakening of a sector already affected by the health crisis, energy inflation following the war in Ukraine and the drop in consumption observed in recent months. Craft breweries, particularly dependent on production costs and having low capacity to absorb increases in costs, could be the first to be affected. In this context, she asks him what measures he intends implemented in order to anticipate possible tensions in the supply of industrial and food carbon dioxide; to secure the logistical and energy chains necessary for the French brewing industry; to support small and medium-sized breweries in the face of rising production costs; and more broadly to strengthen the resilience of French agri-food sectors particularly exposed to the consequences international geopolitical crises.

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