Nielsen on Thursday slashed its 2020 growth outlook for India’s fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) sector to 5-6% from its earlier projection of 9-10%, as it expects the effects of the disruptions caused by the covid-19 pandemic to linger for the rest of the year.
The market researcher said that long-term effects of the pandemic will have widespread impact in the months to come. The projections came on the day that India’s largest packaged consumer goods maker, Hindustan Unilever Ltd (HUL), a bellwether for the packaged goods industry, reported a steep decline in volumes.
On Thursday, HUL reported a 7% decline in underlying volume growth for the quarter ended 31 March. The massive disruption because of the pandemic comes just as the