U.S. Getting Tougher for Imports

Which imports are suffering due to economic weakness? Which varietals are posting growth and which ones are dropping off?IMPORTS SCALE BACK. After years of speedy growth, imports showed signs of slowing in the four weeks to April 5 2008, according to Nielsen scan data. Dollar sales of domestic wine grew 5.5% in April 2008, while imports were up only 2.8%, which is considerably lower than its year performance. For the 52 weeks to April 2008, growth of domestics (+5.4%) and