product approvals Indicators on Supplier Closures and Trends in 2020 January 15, 2021 | December 3, 2025bw166 The past year has been chaotic. Between pandemic-related shutdowns and wildfires in California, the beverage alcohol industry has faced a gamut of challenges across all three tiers. With this article, we wanted to look at the effect on the supplier tier superficially. With many smaller suppliers dependent upon on-premise sales (through tasting rooms, brewpubs, and […] Read more »
import/export Beer, Spirits, & Wine – Packaged Imports Decline -6% By Value L12M through November 2020, Packaged Exports Decline -2% January 8, 2021 | November 21, 2025bw166 Total Beverage Alcohol: Total beverage alcohol imports (including bulk and packaged) declined -5% by value over the last twelve months and grew +2% by value over the last three months. 33% of all imported beverage alcohol by value came from Mexico over the last twelve months. Total beverage alcohol exports (included bulk and packaged) grew […] Read more »
product approvals TTB Approved 162.8K Products L12M through November 2020, A Decrease of -14.5K (–8.2%) December 15, 2020 | November 21, 2025bw166 By Category: Beer: 38.7K products approved over the L12M (–5.9% vs. last year) and 9.5K over the L3M (–15.9% vs. last year) Spirits: 17.8K products approved over the L12M (+13.2% vs. last year) and 5K over the L3M (–1.1% vs. last year) Wine: 106.2K products approved over the L12M (–11.7% vs. last year) and 24.6K over the L3M (–18.2% vs. last […] Read more »
import/export Beer, Spirits, & Wine – Packaged Imports Decline -8% By Value L12M through October 2020, Packaged Exports Decline -2% December 7, 2020 | December 3, 2025bw166 Total Beverage Alcohol: Total beverage alcohol imports (including bulk and packaged) declined -7% by value over the last twelve months and grew +1% by value over the last three months. 32% of all imported beverage alcohol by value came from Mexico over the last twelve months. Total beverage alcohol exports (included bulk and packaged) grew […] Read more »
product approvals Tequila-Based Seltzers and More: New Product Approvals November 18, 2020 | December 3, 2025bw166 Following up on our post yesterday (The Increasing Fragmentation of Seltzers) and the recent Beer Business Daily article (A-B Jumps into the Ranch Water Game), we decided to dive deeper into who’s launching Tequila/Agave-based products using bw166’s latest tool, Label Inquiry. Looking directly at Tequila Seltzers and Sodas, we have several recent product approvals: Nude […] Read more »
