Total Beverage Alcohol:

• Total beverage alcohol imports (including bulk and packaged) grew +5.2% by value over the last twelve months and grew +5.2% by value over the last three months. 23.7% of all imported beverage alcohol by value came from Mexico over the last twelve months.

• Total beverage alcohol exports (included bulk and packaged) declined -3.4% by value over the last twelve months and declined -2.1% by value over the last three months. 21.2% of all exported beverage alcohol by value went to Canada over the last twelve months.

Each of the bw166 Import and Export Reports (for Beer, Spirits, and Wine) enable tracking Beverage Alcohol imports and exports on a monthly basis for volume, value in USD, and value in local currency for all major trading countries.

Beer:

• Imported beer grew +6.8% by volume and grew +7.3% by value over the last twelve months. Over the last three months imports grew +4.6% by volume and grew +3.3% by value. 63.8% of imported beer by value comes from Mexico.
• Exported beer declined -0.5% by volume and declined -0.4% by value over the last twelve months. Over the last three months exports grew +6.9% by volume and grew +9.2% by value. 26.3% of exported beer by value goes to Mexico.

For more details regarding imported and exported beer across all countries, subscribe to the bw166 Beer – Imports and Exports report.

Spirits:

• Imported packaged spirits for the last twelve months grew +6.8% by volume and grew +5.7% by value. Over the last three months volumes grew +6.5% and grew +2.2% by value.
• Imported bulk spirits for the last twelve months grew +2.2% by volume and grew +2.4% by value. Over the last three months volumes grew +24% and grew +34.3% by value.
• 9% of all imported packaged spirits by value arrived from France while 55.3% of all imported bulk spirits by value arrived from Mexico.
• Exported packaged spirits for the last twelve months grew +2.3% by volume and declined -11% by value. Over the last three months volumes declined -1.6% and declined -13.3% by value.
• Exported bulk spirits for the last twelve months grew +9.4% by volume and declined -2.2% by value. Over the last three months volumes grew +0.9% and declined -7.7% by value.
• 9% of all exported packaged spirits by value is destined for United Kingdom while 24.6% of all exported bulk spirits by value is destined for Canada.

For more details regarding imported and exported spirits including detailed category breakdowns across all countries, subscribe to the bw166 Spirits – Imports and Exports report.

Wine:

• Imported packaged wine for the last twelve months grew +2.8% by volume and grew +3.1% by value. Over the last three months volumes grew +5.3% and grew +7.8% by value.
• Imported bulk wine for the last twelve months declined -1.4% by volume and grew +8% by value. Over the last three months volumes declined -1% and grew +22% by value.
• 6% of all imported packaged wine by value arrived from Italy while 30.9% of all imported bulk wine by value arrived from New Zealand.
• Exported packaged wine for the last twelve months declined -16.1% by volume and grew +2.6% by value. Over the last three months volumes declined -13.6% and grew +4.8% by value.
• Exported bulk wine for the last twelve months declined -2.2% by volume and declined -7.7% by value. Over the last three months volumes grew +21.5% and grew +4.6% by value.
• 7% of all exported packaged wine by value is destined for Canada while 30% of all exported bulk wine by value is destined for United Kingdom.

For more details regarding imported and exported wine including detailed category breakdowns across all countries, subscribe to the bw166 Wine – Imports and Exports report.

 Total Beverage Alcohol:

• Total beverage alcohol imports (including bulk and packaged) grew +5.3% by value over the last twelve months and grew +4.9% by value over the last three months. 23.7% of all imported beverage alcohol by value came from Mexico over the last twelve months.

• Total beverage alcohol exports (included bulk and packaged) declined -2.7% by value over the last twelve months and declined -4% by value over the last three months. 21.1% of all exported beveragealcohol by value went to Canada over the last twelve months.

Each of the bw166 Import and Export Reports (for Beer, Spirits, and Wine) enable tracking Beverage Alcohol imports and exports on a monthly basis for volume, value in USD, and value in local currency for all major trading countries.

Beer:

• Imported beer grew +8.3% by volume and grew +9.4% by value over the last twelve months. Over the last three months imports grew +7.2% by volume and grew +6.1% by value. 63.6% of imported beer by value comes from Mexico.
• Exported beer grew +2.5% by volume and grew +1.5% by value over the last twelve months. Over the last three months exports grew +5.6% by volume and grew +7.9% by value. 27.7% of exported beer by value goes to Mexico.

For more details regarding imported and exported beer across all countries, subscribe to the bw166 Beer – Imports and Exports report.

Spirits:

• Imported packaged spirits for the last twelve months grew +5.4% by volume and grew +4.4% by value. Over the last three months volumes grew +3.8% and grew +2.2% by value.
• Imported bulk spirits for the last twelve months grew +4.2% by volume and grew +5.3% by value. Over the last three months volumes grew +11.3% and grew +33.1% by value.
• 31.4% of all imported packaged spirits by value arrived from France while 55.6% of all imported bulk spirits by value arrived from Mexico.
• Exported packaged spirits for the last twelve months grew +1.9% by volume and declined -9.7% by value. Over the last three months volumes grew +2.9% and declined -14.1% by value.
• Exported bulk spirits for the last twelve months grew +10.4% by volume and declined -2.5% by value. Over the last three months volumes grew +2.5% and declined -6.3% by value.
• 11.9% of all exported packaged spirits by value is destined for United Kingdom while 24.7% of all exported bulk spirits by value is destined for Canada.

For more details regarding imported and exported spirits including detailed category breakdowns across all countries, subscribe to the bw166 Spirits – Imports and Exports report.

Wine:

• Imported packaged wine for the last twelve months grew +3.2% by volume and grew +3.1% by value. Over the last three months volumes grew +2.4% and grew +4.1% by value.
• Imported bulk wine for the last twelve months grew +2% by volume and grew +7.8% by value. Over the last three months volumes grew +11.4% and grew +31.1% by value.
• 33.5% of all imported packaged wine by value arrived from Italy while 29.6% of all imported bulk wine by value arrived from New Zealand.
• Exported packaged wine for the last twelve months declined -14.1% by volume and grew +2.5% by value. Over the last three months volumes declined -16.5% and grew +3.1% by value.
• Exported bulk wine for the last twelve months declined -5.4% by volume and declined -8.2% by value. Over the last three months volumes declined -1.4% and declined -9% by value.
• 29.9% of all exported packaged wine by value is destined for Canada while 29.6% of all exported bulk wine by value is destined for United Kingdom.

For more details regarding imported and exported wine including detailed category breakdowns across all countries, subscribe to the bw166 Wine – Imports and Exports report.

 

On Wednesday, October 5th  import and export data for beverage alcohol was made available through August 2016. Top line results are as follows:

Beer:

The bw166 Beer – Imports and Exports Report shows imported beer increased +7.7% by volume and +9.8% by value over the last twelve months. Over the last three months imports are up +5.0% by volume and up +4.5% by value. 65.1% of imports by volume come from Mexico.

Exported beer increased +9.6% by volume and +6.0% by value over the last twelve months. The last three months have seen material weakness with declines of -14.3% by volume and -10.9% by value. 38.4% of exported beer goes to Mexico.

Overall beer imports by volume are 6.2 times the size of beer exports.

Spirits:

The bw166 Spirits – Imports and Exports Report shows imported packaged spirits for the last twelve months are up +5.0% by volume and +3.8% by value.  Volume trends are fairly similar the past three months, 3.2% by volume but are up 4.0% by value.  Imported bulk spirits are not as healthy.  Over the past twelve months, volume is down -1.4% and value is down -3.9%.  These trends have declined further over the past three months with volume down -7.3% and value down -17.4%.  Whiskeys (from all sources) represents 26.1% of all imported packaged spirits while whiskeys (from all sources) represent 30.8% of all imported bulk spirits.

Exported packaged spirits for the past twelve months are up slightly by volume +1.4% but is down -5.3% by value.  Volume trends are similar over the past three months with volume up +3.1% and value -6.4%.  Exported bulk spirits for the last twelve months are up +11.9% by volume but only +4.4% by value.  Over the past three months volume trends have accelerated slightly, up +3.1%, but value has declined, down -6.4%.  The United Kingdom represents 10.9% of all exported packaged spirits while 23.6% of all exported bulk spirits is destined for Canada.

Wine:

The bw166 Wine – Imports and Exports Report shows imported packaged wine is up +5.1% by volume and +3.6% by value over the past twelve months. This growth has softened over the past three months with volume only up +0.4% and value -1.1%. Imported bulk wines for the last twelve months are down -1.1% by volume and down -2.7% by value.  The volume has recovered over the past 3 months +22.4% but value is still off-1.7%.  Imported packaged wine from Italy represents 35.1% of all packaged imports by volume while imported bulk wine from Chile represent 34.1% of all bulk imports by volume.

Exported packaged wine for the last twelve months is down -9.1% by volume but is up +2.1% by value.  Over the past three months trends have decelerated by volume down -16.6% but value is up +4.9%.  Exported bulk wine for the past twelve months is down -4.4% by volume and -2.4% by value.  These trends are similar over the past three months with volume down -4.1% and value -6.1%.  Canada represents 31.1% of all exported packaged wine and the United Kingdom represents 38.9% of all exported bulk wine.

To be able to track Beverage Alcohol imports and exports on a monthly basis for volume, value in USD, and value in local currency for all major trading countries, please see the bw166 Import and Export reports for Beer, Spirits, and Wine.