{"id":12165,"date":"2025-07-22T17:51:20","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T17:51:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skybeaconnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/22\/u-s-liquor-sales-have-dried-up-in-canada-amid-trade-war-industry-says\/"},"modified":"2025-07-23T14:20:51","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T14:20:51","slug":"u-s-liquor-sales-have-dried-up-in-canada-amid-trade-war-industry-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skybeaconnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/22\/u-s-liquor-sales-have-dried-up-in-canada-amid-trade-war-industry-says\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. liquor sales have dried up in Canada amid trade war, industry says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Video link \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\tHeadline link \t\t\t\t \t\t\t \t\t\t \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t \t \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t \t\t\t \t\t \t          \t \t\t \t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\tCanada\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\tU.S. liquor sales have dried up in Canada amid trade war, industry says  \t\t\t \t\t\t \t\t\t \t  \t\t\t \t\t\t\t \t\t \t\t\t\t \t\t \t \t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p> \t\t\t\tIf you get Global News from Instagram or Facebook &#8211; that will be changing. Find out how you can still connect with us.\t\t\t<!--more--><\/p>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\tHide message bar \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t \t \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t \t  \t\t\t \t\t\t \t\t<\/p>\n<figure> \t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t    \t \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t \t\t \t \t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time>2:18<\/time> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLocally-made alcohol sales on the rise amid trade war with U.S.<figcaption> \t\t\t\tRELATED: Locally made alcohol sales on the rise amid trade war with U.S \u2013 Apr 8, 2025 \t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p> \t\t \t\t\t \t\t\t\t \t   \t   \t \t\t \t\t\tDescrease article font size \t\t\t\t \t\t \t \t\t\t \t \t \t\t \t\t\tIncrease article font size \t\t\t\t \t\t \t \t\t\t \t    \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. spirits industry is reporting a big drop in sales in Canada after multiple provinces pulled liquor off shelves and Canadians turned to buying more goods at home in response to the trade war.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/skybeaconnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/70c8fc80.jpg\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>A joint press release by Spirits Canada and the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States shows that from March 5 until April 30, sales of U.S. spirits in Canada fell by 66.3 per cent compared with the same period last year.<\/p>\n<p>Multiple provinces pulled American alcohol off the shelves on March 5 in response to U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s tariffs and his talk of annexing Canada.<\/p>\n<p>From March 5 until the end of April, Canadian spirits sales also declined, but at a lower rate of 6.3 per cent. Other imported spirits declined by 8.2 per cent.<\/p>\n<p>The two groups said total spirits sales in Canada dropped 12.3 per cent during the same period.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStory continues below advertisement \t\t\t \t\t\t \t\t\t \t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe North American spirits sector is highly interconnected, and the immediate and continued removal of all U.S. spirits products from Canadian shelves is deeply problematic for spirits producers on both sides of the border,\u201d said Cal Bricker, president and CEO of Spirits Canada.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201c<\/em>The current disruption demonstrates the critical importance of maintaining open, reciprocal trade relationships that benefit consumers, businesses and government revenues in both nations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some American makers criticized the decision by the provinces to pull U.S. liquor off shelves at the time, with Jack Daniel\u2019s maker Brown Forman\u2019s CEO Lawson Whiting calling the move \u201cworse than a tariff.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean, that\u2019s worse than a tariff, because it\u2019s literally taking your sales away, (and) completely removing our products from the shelves,\u201d he said on a post-earnings call.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t    \t \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t \t\t \t \t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time>1:56<\/time> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCautious optimism after inter-provincial alcohol trade announcement \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>According to Spirits Canada and the Distilled Spirits Council, total spirits fell sharply by 20 per cent year over year in March.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStory continues below advertisement \t\t\t \t\t\t \t\t\t \t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Canadian spirits sales increased 3.6 per cent in April, with other imported spirits up 3.7 per cent, but the gains didn\u2019t compensate for the losses from U.S. removal.<\/p>\n<h2>Get daily National news<\/h2>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\tGet the day&#039;s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day. \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\tBy providing your email address, you have read and agree to Global News&#039; Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy. \t\t\t\t \t\t\t \t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Compared with last year, overall spirits sales remained down 3.3 per cent in April, a decline of $13.9 million.<\/p>\n<p>Chris Swonger, president and CEO of the Distilled Spirits Council, said in the joint release that U.S. liquor should be back on Canadian shelves and that the move is \u201cneedlessly reducing revenues for the provinces and hurting Canadian consumers and hospitality businesses.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2> \t\t\t\t&#039;Mean and nasty&#039; \u2014 or doubling down?\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t \t\t\t \t\tTrending Now \t \t<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> \t\t\t \t\t\t\t \t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\tParks Canada under fire over Trump-backing musician\u2019s Halifax concert \t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t \t\t\t \t\t<\/li>\n<li> \t\t\t \t\t\t\t \t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\tWill Bank of Canada cut rates next week? How new data factors into the call \t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t \t\t\t \t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Months into the trade war, Canadians seem to show no signs of letting up on avoiding U.S. goods and travel \u2014 in fact, numbers have grown.<\/p>\n<p>Ipsos polling conducted exclusively for Global News and released in time for Canada Day showed that 72 per cent of Canadians are avoiding U.S.-made goods.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStory continues below advertisement \t\t\t \t\t\t \t\t\t \t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The polling also showed that 77 per cent of respondents think less of the U.S. as a country because of Trump\u2019s attacks on Canada\u2019s economy and sovereignty.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s ambassador to Canada told a Washington state audience on Monday that the president sees Canadians as \u201cmean and nasty\u201d for refusing to travel to the U.S. and pulling American alcohol.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s their business \u2014 I don\u2019t like it, but if that\u2019s what they want to do, that\u2019s fine. They want to ban American alcohol; that\u2019s fine. It doesn\u2019t necessarily send real positive signals in terms of their treating us well,\u201d Pete Hoekstra told the Pacific NorthWest Economic Region Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>\t \t\t \t\t\tMore on Canada \t\t\tMore videos \t\t \t\t \t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t \t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> \t\t\t\t\tParks Canada under fire over Trump-backing musician\u2019s Halifax concert\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li> \t\t\t\t\tCould falling rent prices be your stepping stone to home ownership?\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li> \t\t\t\t\t\u2018I am on it\u2019: Health minister accelerates audit of vaccine injury program\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li> \t\t\t\t\tJasper marks 1 year since thousands fled wildfire ahead of townsite devastation\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t \t \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t \t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t \t\t \t \t \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\tLocally-made alcohol sales on the rise amid trade war 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