Company: AKO-B
Filing Date: 2025-03-26
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001410578-25-000473
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Company: ANDINA BOTTLING CO INC
Filing Date: 2025-03-26
Form: 20-F
Item: Item 4
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5% of the variable cost of sales for soft drinks produced by Andina Argentina corresponded to main raw materials. The cost of each raw material as a percentage of the total cost of raw materials is as follows: concentrate 58.3%, sugar and artificial sweeteners 14.7%, non-returnable bottles 14.9%, bottle caps 2.4%, carbon dioxide 0.9%, cans and caps 3.7%, and other raw materials 5.1%. Additionally, the cost of finished products purchased from third parties is included within the cost of sales of soft drinks. These costs represent 5.44% of the total costs of sales of soft drinks and correspond to can formats and other formats of soft drinks which are not produced by Andina Argentina during 2024.
PET Packaging: The principal raw material required for production of PET bottles is PET resin. During 2024, this raw material was mainly purchased from Alpek Polyester Argentina S.A., Ecopek S.A y Circular-Pet S.A. In the case of plastic caps and cases, the main raw material required for their production is HDPE resin (high density polyethylene), which during the year 2024 was bought mainly from PBB Polisur S.A., The Dow Chemical Co. and PTT Global Chemical Public Company.
In 2024, AEASA’s costs for PET resin accounted for 23% of the total variable cost of its sales.
Paraguay
Soft Drinks: main suppliers of raw materials for the production of soft drinks:

●   Concentrate: Recofarma Industria do Amazonas Ltda. and Servicios y Productos para Bebidas.
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●   Sweeteners (Sugar/Fructose): Inpasa del Paraguay S.A., Ingrecor S.A. and Alcotec Sociedad Anónima.
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●   Glass containers: Cattorini Hnos. S.A.C.I.F.E I.
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●   Preform plastic containers: Industrias PET S.A.E.C.A.
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●   Reels (tetrapak): Tetra Pak Global Distribution S.A.
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●   Carbon dioxide: Liquid Carbonic Del Paraguay S.A.
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●   Thermo-contractible: Bolsi Plast S.A. and Industria Plástica Del Norte S.A.
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●   Cans: Andina Empaques Argentina S.A.
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During 2024, 73% of the variable cost of