Woes at home balanced by health abroad for US spirits – data

Exports rise 7.8% in 2023 to US$2.24bnTwelve-month sales of US spirits domestically rose by only 0.2% to $37.7bnAmerican whiskey shipments up 9% last year, US vodka jumps 31% while brandy "more than doubled"A week after reporting flat domestic sales for US spirits, the Distilled Spirits Council of the US has posted a near-8% year-on-year rise for the industry's exports in 2023. The performance builds on the year prior, when shipments broke the US$2bn barrier for the first time following three years that were ravaged by a combination of the pandemic and increased tariffs implemented by the Euro