Beverage Dynamics

Beverage Dynamics Jan-Feb 2016

Beverage Dynamics is the largest national business magazine devoted exclusively to the needs of off-premise beverage alcohol retailers, from single liquor stores to big box chains, through coverage of the latest trends in wine, beer and spirits.

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According to the Distilled Spirits Council of the U.S., spirits, wine and beer from the top 40 importing countries to the U.S. totaled $15.5 billion in 2014, an increase of nearly $730 million over 2013. Here, we've provided a chart showing the top 20. Spirits was the top category, with $6.3 billion in sales, followed by wine ($5.1 billion) and beer ( $ 4 . 1 b i l l i o n ) . To p i m p o r t i n g countries Mexico, France, Italy, t h e U n i t e d K i n g d o m a n d t h e Netherlands accounted for 73% of 2014 imports from those top 40 countries by dollars. The following pages cover the whiskies, vodkas, beers and other spirits driving these sales figures, as well as trends that will impact the impor t market in 2016. For additional information and analysis regarding the impor ted beverage alcohol market, contact the Beverage Information & Insights Group by visiting www.albevresearch.com. U.S. DUTIABLE IMPORTS OF SPIRITS, WINE AND BEER BY COUNTRY - 2014 (Millions of U.S. Dollars) Country Spirits Wine Beer Total MEXICO 1,053.12 2.80 2,442.56 3,498.48 FRANCE 1,764.13 1,462.26 4.41 3,230.80 ITALY 141.80 1,734.73 23.21 1,899.73 U. KINGDOM 1,533.09 11.38 91.23 1,635.70 NETHLDS 276.60 5.17 783.24 1,065.01 CANADA 413.34 53.05 153.58 619.96 IRELAND 443.93 12.27 131.12 587.31 AUSTRALIA 1.61 449.00 0.63 451.24 SPAIN 15.63 353.29 3.73 372.65 GERMANY 159.55 117.95 82.26 359.76 ARGENTINA 3.80 351.49 0.36 355.64 N. ZEALAND 5.77 327.91 3.30 336.98 BELGIUM 1.14 10.12 306.50 317.76 SWEDEN 315.44 1.16 0.04 316.63 PORTUGAL 1.87 88.60 1.21 91.68 POLAND 81.14 0.29 9.39 90.82 JAPAN 10.05 42.80 6.70 59.55 S. AFRICA 2.14 50.85 0.00 52.99 AUSTRIA 5.50 14.18 5.15 24.83 CHINA 12.57 2.15 8.43 23.15 Source: Customs Service data prepared by the Census Bureau; Census Import CD-ROM dated December 2014. Distilled Spirits Council of the U.S., Inc. -12-Feb-2015 GATHERED ro AROUND h GLOBE ro h 46 Beverage Dynamics • January/February 2016 www.beveragedynamics.com 47 Scotch Whisky 50 Canadian Whisky 53 Japanese Whisky 55 Irish Whiskey 58 Imported Vodka 61 Imported Beer 65 Exotic Spirits n hs n hs n h scn scn n h scn n hs scn s n hs n h scn n hs n h

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