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French bottled water market sinks further  

The French bottled water market reportedly registered a 6.6% decline in sales by volume to 5.7 billion litres and a 4.0% drop by value to €1.7 million for 2007. Three quarters of the losses have been attributed to the poor summer weather during the year.

In France, the single serve packaged water market has been hit also by competition from tap water, concerns over the environmental impact of packaging and less conviction among consumers about the benefits of mineral and spring water.

By volume, still natural waters represented 4.7 billion litres, while sparkling natural waters account for 838 million litres and flavoured waters take the remaining 134 million litres. Hypermarkets account for over half of the total sales by value, with 52%, ahead of supermarkets with 32.6%, hard discounters with 10.5% and other channels the remaining 4.9%.

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