Once a month, the National Alcohol Beverage Control Association releases data covering sales of spirits in the Control States of the US.
Here’s a look at the numbers for June.
The halfway point of the year brings the current landscape for the main spirits segments in the US into a clearer view. The winners in June - and in 2023 more generally - continue to be RTDs and Tequila, both of which exhibited double-digit rises last month in both volumes and value.
While May's figures were skewed by 11 additional sales days in the combined Control States, last month cycled the same number as a year earlier, a fact that will worry Scotch whisky brand owners [Scotch dipped 1.2% in value] and add further concerns to the Cognac category, which is having a particularly tough time in the US this year.
As for Irish whiskey, which is experiencing a rollercoaster 2023, June's volumes dip led to value sales inching up by just 1.6%,
The NABCA data measures spirits sales across 17 US states [and Montgomery County in Maryland] where distribution is state-controlled. This represents around 25% of total sales in the country and covers both the on- and off-premise channels,
The Control states are:
- Alabama
- Idaho
- Iowa
- Maine
- Michigan
- Mississippi
- Montana
- New Hampshire
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- West Virginia
- Wyoming
There are also control municipalities in Alaska, Minnesota and South Dakota.
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