Reviewing Commerce Department data, Beer Institute reports total beer imports rose 2% in July and are up 16.8% year-to-date over 2020. Total exports rose 38% to 7.3 million barrels. Year-to-date, U.S. brewers exports 64.8 million barrels, a 23.7% increase over July 2020.
Total imports from Mexico were up 3.5% for the months and are up 18.4% year-to-date. Total imports from the Netherlands fell 14% in July but were up 7.2% year-to-date.