Beer, Spirits, & Wine – Packaged Imports Decline -4% By Value L12M through December 2020, Packaged Exports Decline -6%
Total Beverage Alcohol:
Total beverage alcohol imports (including bulk and packaged) declined -3% by value over the last twelve months and grew +8% by value over the last three months. 33% of all imported beverage alcohol by value came from Mexico over the last twelve months.
Total beverage alcohol exports (included bulk and packaged) declined -3% by value over the last twelve months and declined -4% by value over the last three months. 23% of all exported beverage alcohol by value went to Canada over the last twelve months.
Alcohol Marketplaces 2.0 Part 1: Solicitation of sales by unlicensed third-party providers
Only businesses that hold a license to sell alcohol at retail can sell alcohol to consumers. That simple fact complicates matters for unlicensed entities such as online marketplaces, delivery apps, and delivery services that would like to create or enhance platforms to facilitate alcohol sales. Marketplace platform providers, alcohol licensees, and alcohol and tax regulatory agencies all have different goals and concerns when it comes to the sale of beverage alcohol products.
In this
Alcohol Marketplaces blog series, Rebecca Stamey-White, partner at Hinman & Carmichael LLP, and Jeff Carroll, general manager of Avalara for Beverage Alcohol, will explore multiple issues surrounding alcohol marketplaces and propose a compliance framework to meet the goals and concerns of different stakeholders.
Six years ago, I wrote my own State of the Union, Wine Shipping Edition, breaking down the 50 states and one district into tiers based on how expensive and difficult it was for us to send wine into each. Casual wine lovers might be surprised to know that not only are there some states to which we are prohibited from shipping wine, but that each state to which we can ship has its own laws, permits, fees, and reporting requirements. Managing this morass takes specialized software and still a big chunk time for one of the members of our accounting team, so it s far from the uniform, frictionless open market that Section 8 of the US Constitution promises:
Beer, Spirits, & Wine – Packaged Imports Decline -6% By Value L12M through November 2020, Packaged Exports Decline -2%
Total Beverage Alcohol:
Total beverage alcohol imports (including bulk and packaged) declined -5% by value over the last twelve months and grew +2% by value over the last three months. 33% of all imported beverage alcohol by value came from Mexico over the last twelve months.
Total beverage alcohol exports (included bulk and packaged) grew +0% by value over the last twelve months and declined 0% by value over the last three months. 22% of all exported beverage alcohol by value went to Canada over the last twelve months.
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DC and northern Virginia residents can get a free ride on New Year s Eve. Here s how to cash in on the offer from Lyft and SoberRide. (Shutterstock)
WASHINGTON, DC Organizers of a service that gets party-goers home safely would prefer that residents of the Washington, D.C., region stay home this New Year s Eve because of the coronavirus pandemic. But, for those who must go out to celebrate the end of 2020, SoberRide will be there.
The Washington Regional Alcohol Program will offer free rides to residents of Washington, D.C., and northern Virginia.
The SoberRide offer opens at 10 p.m. Thursday and expires at 2 a.m. Friday. All users have to do is download the Lyft mobile application and enter a promo code. WRAP will post the code on this website Thursday at 9 p.m.