Blog - Beverages

After a decade of continuous growth, American sugary soft drink imports reached $2.8B in 2020. In physical terms, imports rose by +8% y-o-y to 1.6M tonnes. Austria, Mexico and Switzerland were the largest suppliers of sugary soft drinks to the U.S., accounting for 60% of total American imports. The UK, Mexico and Italy featured the most intensive growth of shipments to the U.S. in 2020. In America, the average sugary soft drink import price amounted to $1,800 per tonne last year.

The establishment of duties on alcohol trade between the U.S. and the EU has led to a sharp drop in the export of American spirits. A further increase in the EU import duty on US whiskey may facilitate this decline. Alcohol imports from the EU to the American market also dropped, but this was compensated by increasing purchases from Mexico. The temporary suspension of duties on alcohol should help boost the U.S.-EU trade. The key trends in the American spirits and liquor market include the growing popularity of ready-to-drink beverages and the increasing demand for luxury spirits and alcohol, as well as beer and flavored malt beverages.

European sparkling wine exports dropped by -4.7% y-o-y to 853M litres, reaching $5.7B in 2020. Italy remains the leading sparkling wine supplier in the EU, providing 48% of total European exports. France, Spain and Germany distantly follow Italy, with a combined 46%-share. All the key exporters reduced the supplies abroad last year. The sparkling wine export price in the EU decreased by -8.2% y-o-y in 2020.

Despite the Covid-related restrictions, beer imports to the U.S. rose by +2.1% y-o-y to $6B in 2020. Mexico and the Netherlands remain the major beer suppliers to the U.S., accounting for near 84% of the total import volume. In 2020, these two countries boosted the value of supplies, while Belgium, the third-largest exporter to the U.S., failed to maintain the sales at the previous year’s level. 

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