Beer imports fell 1.4% in September compared to September 2020, but were up 12.7% year-to-date. Compared to September 2019, this month’s imports are up by 14.6%.
Despite overall declines for imports for September compared to a year ago, there were some pockets of strong growth, Beer Institute said, most notably Mexican imports, with grew by 7.5% and contributed to 79% of total import growth for the month. Imports from the Netherlands and Belgium contributed to some of the largest declines in imported volume, down 31.5% and 62.4% respectively.