Import Shipments Up Only 0.3% for First Half

Dear Client:Imports have been the strongest segment in beer this year, yet the half-year report card on the segment's shipments is nothing to write home about. After notching 0.4% growth for the month of June, total YTD import growth is up 0.3% at 17,473,733 barrels, per recent Beer Institute estimates. Mexican imports were up 2.7% in June, but YTD growth for the nation's hottest and largest source of imports is up a mere 0.5%. It ain't pretty below that. The