Import Shipments Improve in April

April imported beer shipments experienced a slight trend improvement, only down 0.8%, or about 17,000 barrels, compared to down 4.4% year-to-date, according to Matthew Hein at the Beer Institute.NO HELP FROM MEXICO. Lead by Modelo, Mexican imports were down a whopping 8.2% on a huge base, down about 85,000 barrels. That's the continuation of the same trend for Mexico YTD. However, we expect that number to improve as Modelo numbers have already turned a corner in May and June.UK also