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The week in Consumer Packaged Goods
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California's draft EPR plan put more than $9 billion in projected five-year costs on packaging producers, while separate efforts in Portland and across the United States focused on scaling reusable systems. The week connected regulatory cost exposure with practical infrastructure demands.
Export controls and tariffs tightened across several CPG supply chains. Shea export bans threatened cosmetics inputs, China's additional 55% tariff disrupted Australian beef, and Canada's temporary 10% canned-vegetable tariff added another market constraint.
Manufacturing and distribution investment appeared across multiple markets. AB InBev expanded its manufacturing footprint and digital upskilling, Nestlé opened a second high-tech US distribution center in two years, and a new Queensland distribution center added further capacity.
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