From January to June 2020, regional beer imports totaled $83 million, 24% less than what was reported for the same period in 2019, with Guatemala and Panama being the markets that registered the most significant drops.
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From January to July 2020, Central American companies imported malt beer from Mexico for $35 million, 33% less than in the same period in 2019, a drop reported in the context of the economic crisis generated by the outbreak of covid-19.
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From January to March 2020, beer imports in Central America totaled $56 million, 5% less than what was reported for the same period in 2019, with Guatemala and Honduras being the markets that registered the most significant drops.
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During the next few months, it is estimated that whisky sales in the Panamanian market will decrease by around 2%, compared to the levels reported before the crisis.
In Panama, the guild of companies in the alcoholic beverages sector are asking the authorities to put an end to the Dry Law, which has been stricter in the context of the covid-19 outbreak and the decreed home quarantine.
In order to reduce crime and avoid crowding, the authorities had prohibited the consumption, sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages until the end of the State of Emergency decreed by the spread of covid-19.
During September 2019, the production of alcoholic beverages in Panama was 24 million liters, and beer production fell 13% compared to the same month in 2018.
According to figures from the General Comptroller of the Republic, the accumulated production of alcoholic beverages in general reported a decline, reducing from 227.3 million liters from January to September 2018, to 218.3 million liters in the same period of 2019.
From January to August 2019, the production of alcoholic beverages in Panama was 194 million liters, and beer production fell 3% compared to the same period in 2018.
According to figures from the General Comptroller of the Republic, the production of alcoholic beverages in general reported a decline, reducing from 199.8 million liters from January to August 2018, to 193.9 million liters in the same period of 2019.
From October 2019, the Toña brand of beer, which is of Nicaraguan origin, will begin to be marketed in El Salvador.
Company executives indicated through a statement that the beer brewed by Compañía Cervecera de Nicaragua (CCN), will be distributed in El Salvador by the company Distribuidora Morazán.
Once again explained by the behavior of purchases from Mexico, during the first quarter of the year beer imports in Central America totaled $58 million, 45% more than in the same period of 2018.
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In the first nine months of 2018, beer imports in Central America totaled $128 million, 50% more than in the same period in 2017, and the increase is because of the behavior of purchases from Mexico.
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In the first month of the year, the production of alcoholic beverages in Panama was 23.5 million liters, 11% less than that recorded in the same period of 2018.
The most recent figures published by the General Comptroller of the Republic, detail that the production of alcoholic beverages in general reported a decline, reducing from 26.3 million liters in January 2018, to 23.5 million liters in the same month of 2019.
The emergence of new brands of handcrafted beer, coupled with a greater supply of imported beverages, has generated important changes in the beer market in El Salvador in recent years.
The handcrafted beer brands that have emerged in the last five years at the local level are Cadejo, Santo Coraje and Premio. In addition, some companies in the sector have added a variety of imported beverage brands to their product portfolio.
In the first ten months of 2018, the alcoholic beverage production in Panama was 251.3 million liters, 1% less than that recorded in the same period of 2017.
The most recent figures published by the General Comptroller of the Republic, detail that the alcoholic beverage production generally reported a decline, reducing from 253.9 million liters from January to October 2017, to 251.2 million liters in the same period of 2018.
Because of the purchase behavior from Mexico, during the first half of the year, beer imports in Central America totaled $83 million, 45% more than in the same period in 2017.
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