Imports Can’t Be Stopped

September import shipments were up 18.2%, according to Lester Jones at the Beer Institute. Yep, you read that right, and with even sell days. But 84% of that increase was shipments from one country: Mexico. Mexican import shipments were up almost 40% in September.While we all know Mexican imports have been hotter than two dollar pistol, or even a ten dollar pistol, real sales-to-consumers were not likely to be up 40%. More likely, that jump was due to shipping anomalies