The importance of imports

Import clearance figures for full-strength beers (to March 2009) showed a total of 972,140 hl, of which beers from Mexico – mainly Corona Extra – accounted for over 400,000 hl (= 41 percent). Beers from the Netherlands and USA both showed about 11 percent with Germany about 8.5 percent, according to the monitoring service of the Liquor Merchants of Australia.