We no longer buy as many disinfectants as we did before the coronavirus

By: Trademagazin Date: 2022. 12. 19. 11:39

According to the signs, people seem to have given up and abandoned their practices to protect themselves from diseases. This is reflected in the disease numbers, but also in the circulation of disinfectants. What’s more, we are now at the point where sales of disinfectants have decreased even compared to the sales figures of the year before the coronavirus – the sales data of Florin Zrt., Hungary’s largest household chemical company, show.

Florin Zrt.’s 2022 sales statistics are a warning

The data and the feedback also show that people pay much less attention to the protection and prevention of diseases than before. This is also clearly indicated by the data of the National Center for Public Health (NNK). According to an estimate based on the reports of doctors participating in the monitoring service, it can be established that based on the latest data from December 5-11, 239,500 people in the country consulted a doctor with symptoms of an acute respiratory infection. At the same time last year, this number was around 125,000. The decrease in the cautious attitude can also be seen in previous data.

This attitude is precisely reflected in the data of the largest household chemical company in Hungary, Florin Zrt., regarding the purchase of disinfectants. We are now at a point where the number of products sold will not even reach 2019 – the last year before the coronavirus. Based on the number of products sold this year, the drop is about 17% compared to three years ago. Of course, the demand for certain products changed to a different degree. For example, sales of the 50 ml BradoLife hand sanitizer gel decreased by around 20%, while the demand for the 500 ml package decreased by only around 5%.