Beer Institute

Good afternoon,

Apologies, for the borken link earlier. Now linked below is the Import Export Report for December 2018.

Here are a few key findings:

Imported beer volume decreased by 3.3% during December 2018.
Beer imports finish the full year up 3.6% - slightly stronger than 2017 and well-ahead of domestic beer volume, which finished the year down 2.1%. This represents a continuing shift in consumer demand, primarily driven by demographic changes.
Mexican imports finished 2018 up 8.6% - roughly double their growth rate from 2017.
Belgium and German imports were jointly down by 10.3% during 2018, after having been up slightly in 2017.
Dutch imports finished the year down 6.8%. They were up 1.7% during 2017.
Non-alcohol beer imports grew by 6.8%, after declining in 2017.
Cider imports declined for the third consecutive year.
Exported beer volume grew slightly during 2018, after having grown double digits in 2017.
Exports to Mexico continued to grow at mid-single digit rates during 2018.
Beer exports to Asian markets grew by nearly half in 2018 and now total more than U.S. beer exports to Europe.
Cider exports grew at mid-single digit rates, as they had in 2017.
Non-alcohol beer exports declined by about 25% but the volume of exported NA beer remains well-above that of just a few years ago due to explosive triple digit growth in 2017.

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