Total beer imports fell 2.4% in October from a year earlier, the Beer Institute noted after reviewing Commerce Department data, but were up 10.1% compared to October 2019. Year-to-day imports are up 10.9% compared to the same months in 2020, and up 6.5% compared to YTD 2019.
Mexican imports continue to drive the strongest overall gains compared to last year, up 5.3% compared to October 2020 and up 14.6% YTD vs the same months last year.