Beer Institute reports total beer imports were up 18.1% in August compared to the like year-earlier month, but the are still down 8.3% for the year
You can blame Mexico for the drop for the year. While imports from Mexico grew 21% in August from the 2019 month, the government’s decision to halt beer production owing to the coronavirus pandemic, total imports from Mexico are still down 7.4% year-to-date compared with the previous year.
Imports from the Netherlands soared 48.3% in August compared to August 2019 and are up 1.3% for the year. But non-alcoholic beer imports from the Netherlands are down 57.4% from last August. Still, they are up year-to-date 24.1%.