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Where does the United States get its beer? Import sources 2024

In 2024, the United States imported $7.7 billion of beer (4.9 million tonnes), 42.6% of the world total. Mexico sold 82% of the total, followed by the Netherlands (9%) and Ireland (3%). The United States was the world’s largest importer of beer.

Summary

Value
$7.7billion
Tonnes
4.9million tonnes
Share of world total
42.6%
World rank
1st
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Mexico6.4Tonnes: 4,045,805USD per tonne: $1,57482.4%Land
Netherlands re-exports0.72Tonnes: 421,567USD per tonne: $1,7129.3%Sea
Ireland0.22Tonnes: 111,834USD per tonne: $1,9282.8%Sea
Germany0.08Tonnes: 61,828USD per tonne: $1,2901%Sea
Canada0.08Tonnes: 89,323USD per tonne: $8631%Sea
Belgium re-exports0.05Tonnes: 17,665USD per tonne: $2,6870.61%Sea
Italy0.04Tonnes: 36,619USD per tonne: $1,0490.5%Sea
United Kingdom0.04Tonnes: 40,696USD per tonne: $8890.47%Sea
Jamaica0.02Tonnes: 11,341USD per tonne: $1,6470.24%Sea
Guatemala0.01Tonnes: 15,167USD per tonne: $9080.18%Sea
South Korea0.01Tonnes: 5,054USD per tonne: $1,9340.13%Sea
Japan0.01Tonnes: 4,570USD per tonne: $2,1350.13%Sea
Poland0.01Tonnes: 8,676USD per tonne: $1,0080.11%Sea
Vietnam0.01Tonnes: 5,634USD per tonne: $1,5220.11%Sea
Spain0.01Tonnes: 4,968USD per tonne: $1,6120.1%Sea
Czechia0.01Tonnes: 7,200USD per tonne: $1,1110.1%Sea
Nicaragua0.01Tonnes: 7,296USD per tonne: $9120.09%Sea
France0.01Tonnes: 5,171USD per tonne: $1,1830.08%Sea
China< 0.01Tonnes: 5,090USD per tonne: $9520.06%Sea
Dominican Republic< 0.01Tonnes: 686USD per tonne: $6,6260.06%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Mexico has been its main source since 2000

Value in USD billions. The five largest sources in 2024.

  • Mexico 6.4
  • Netherlands 0.72
  • Ireland 0.22
  • Germany 0.08
  • Canada 0.08

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Mexico0.256.4
Netherlands0.490.72
Ireland0.040.22
Germany0.130.08
Canada0.190.08

Sources and methodology

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Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), which reconciles what exporters and importers report: countries that stopped reporting (Russia since 2022) appear with their partners’ data. FOB values in current US dollars; tonnes when BACI reports them. The price per tonne is the value of the rows with a weight divided by that weight. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. Data up to 2024.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.

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