Mexico: Beer production, exports decline in January-October last year

Mexico�s beer output over the first ten months of 2020 totalled 96.6 mln hl � 8.4% less than over the same period in 2019, local media reported.

The first drop in volume since 2014 is explained by the stop of production in April-May last year, when the government tried to stop the spread of COVID-19 by shutting down all production deemed non-essential.

Mexico�s beer production grew by an average 6.7% per year between 2013 and 2019.

Export in January-October 2020 dropped by 11.9% to 30.8 mln hl versus the average annual increase of around 13.1% between 1993 and 2019. In 2019, the nation exported USD4.9 mln worth of beer and imported USD94 mln worth of it. Mexico has been the world�s leading beer exporter since 2010.