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Beer foam (Pixabay)Worldwide purchases of imported beer totaled US$18.2 billion in 2025.
Overall, the cost of beer imports inflated by 5.5% for all importing countries from five years earlier in 2021 when international purchases of beer were valued at $17.2 billion.
Year over year, purchases of globally imported beer fell by -1.2% compared to $18.4 billion starting in 2024.
The 5 biggest buyers of imported beer are the United States of America, France, Italy, Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Combined, that leading quintet bought 56.4% worth of globally imported beer during 2025.
From a continental perspective, buyer countries in North America accounted for the highest dollar worth of imported beer during 2025 with purchases costing $7.53 billion or 41.6% of the global total. In second place were importers located in Europe at 35.6% while another 12.1% of beer imported worldwide was delivered to customers in Asia.
Smaller percentages arrived in Latin America (6.1%) excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean, Africa (3.3%), then Oceania (1.3%) led by Australia, New Zealand and Fiji.
For research purposes, the 4-digit Harmonized Tariff System code prefix is 2203 for beer.
Top 15 Beer Importers by Country
Below are the 15 countries that spent the most on imported beer during 2025.
- United States: US$7.2 billion (39.7% of total beer imports)
- France: $1.2 billion (6.4%)
- Italy: $780.2 million (4.3%)
- Netherlands: $559.8 million (3.1%)
- United Kingdom: $552.5 million (3%)
- Germany: $532 million (2.9%)
- mainland China: $507.9 million (2.8%)
- Spain: $484.5 million (2.7%)
- Canada: $315 million (1.7%)
- Ireland: $274.8 million (1.5%)
- Taiwan: $221.8 million (1.2%)
- South Korea: $215.8 million (1.2%)
- United Arab Emirates: $213.2 million (1.2%)
- Paraguay: $183.4 million (1%)
- Australia: $159.3 million (0.9%)
By value, the listed 15 countries purchased 73.5% of all beer imported in 2025.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing markets for beer since 2024 were: United Arab Emirates (up 13.2%), Germany (up 9.2%), Ireland (up 5.5%) and South Korea (up 5.1%).
Those countries that posted year-over-year declines in their imported beer purchases were led by: Australia (down -11.9%), United States of America (down -6.9%), mainland China (also down -6.9%) and the United Kingdom (down -3.7%).
The 100 major importers of ale from international markets accounted for 97.8% of beer imported worldwide during 2025.
| 1 | United States | $7,208,659,000 | -6.9% |
| 2 | France | $1,157,607,000 | +1.9% |
| 3 | Italy | $780,248,000 | +0.1% |
| 4 | Netherlands | $559,834,000 | +4.9% |
| 5 | United Kingdom | $552,496,000 | -3.7% |
| 6 | Germany | $531,958,000 | +9.2% |
| 7 | mainland China | $507,874,000 | -6.9% |
| 8 | Spain | $484,487,000 | +2.3% |
| 9 | Canada | $314,996,000 | -1.9% |
| 10 | Ireland | $274,769,000 | +5.5% |
| 11 | Taiwan | $221,783,000 | -1.3% |
| 12 | South Korea | $215,810,000 | +5.1% |
| 13 | United Arab Emirates | $213,248,000 | +13.2% |
| 14 | Paraguay | $183,373,000 | -1% |
| 15 | Australia | $159,315,000 | -11.9% |
| 16 | Russia | $145,975,000 | -51.5% |
| 17 | Sweden | $144,683,000 | +4.3% |
| 18 | Cuba | $142,332,000 | +1.4% |
| 19 | Belgium | $132,679,000 | +13.2% |
| 20 | Honduras | $131,886,000 | +36.4% |
| 21 | Poland | $129,848,000 | +6.5% |
| 22 | Hong Kong | $124,797,000 | +0.6% |
| 23 | Switzerland | $124,544,000 | -1.1% |
| 24 | Panama | $111,936,000 | +7.3% |
| 25 | Singapore | $110,872,000 | -5.2% |
| 26 | Myanmar | $110,764,000 | 0% |
| 27 | Bosnia/Herzegovina | $107,390,000 | +5.4% |
| 28 | Israel | $106,373,000 | -0.9% |
| 29 | South Africa | $97,803,000 | -6.4% |
| 30 | Belarus | $96,265,000 | +494.3% |
| 31 | Austria | $92,317,000 | +7% |
| 32 | Slovakia | $87,010,000 | -11.6% |
| 33 | Hungary | $76,638,000 | -14.6% |
| 34 | Croatia | $75,476,000 | +20.7% |
| 35 | Lithuania | $70,469,000 | +5.6% |
| 36 | Ukraine | $70,248,000 | -10% |
| 37 | Bolivia | $68,541,000 | +43.6% |
| 38 | Japan | $66,394,000 | -1.7% |
| 39 | Latvia | $61,828,000 | -17% |
| 40 | Romania | $60,972,000 | +19.5% |
| 41 | Luxembourg | $60,225,000 | +13.1% |
| 42 | Malaysia | $56,375,000 | +15% |
| 43 | Denmark | $55,805,000 | -10.2% |
| 44 | Portugal | $55,174,000 | +9.2% |
| 45 | Kazakhstan | $54,565,000 | +34.5% |
| 46 | Norway | $50,981,000 | +9.7% |
| 47 | New Zealand | $50,566,000 | -19.7% |
| 48 | Mongolia | $47,537,000 | +28.6% |
| 49 | Kyrgyzstan | $46,971,000 | +352% |
| 50 | Dominican Republic | $46,463,000 | -10.8% |
| 51 | Guatemala | $44,798,000 | -1.2% |
| 52 | Morocco | $43,850,000 | -6.5% |
| 53 | Costa Rica | $42,416,000 | +20.6% |
| 54 | Finland | $41,312,000 | -2.2% |
| 55 | Peru | $39,875,000 | +13.2% |
| 56 | Albania | $39,702,000 | -19.1% |
| 57 | Zambia | $38,596,000 | -9.5% |
| 58 | Slovenia | $38,392,000 | +4.3% |
| 59 | Bulgaria | $37,796,000 | +12.7% |
| 60 | Greece | $37,465,000 | +1% |
| 61 | Czech Republic | $35,760,000 | -7.2% |
| 62 | Uganda | $35,616,000 | +125.3% |
| 63 | Iraq | $34,247,000 | -10.4% |
| 64 | Vietnam | $34,224,000 | +202.5% |
| 65 | Uruguay | $33,904,000 | -6.5% |
| 66 | Ecuador | $33,587,000 | -13.4% |
| 67 | Thailand | $33,376,000 | -1% |
| 68 | Chile | $32,433,000 | -44.7% |
| 69 | El Salvador | $32,419,000 | +22.1% |
| 70 | Equatorial Guinea | $32,366,000 | +20.5% |
| 71 | Türkiye | $31,098,000 | +21.6% |
| 72 | Rwanda | $30,851,000 | +126.4% |
| 73 | Montenegro | $30,224,000 | +17.3% |
| 74 | Moldova | $28,487,000 | +22.8% |
| 75 | Serbia | $27,463,000 | +19.9% |
| 76 | Estonia | $26,242,000 | -35.6% |
| 77 | Botswana | $25,340,000 | -55.8% |
| 78 | Guyana | $25,220,000 | +54.8% |
| 79 | Georgia | $24,556,000 | +49.6% |
| 80 | Cyprus | $23,156,000 | +2.7% |
| 81 | Andorra | $23,119,000 | +6.9% |
| 82 | Ivory Coast | $21,666,000 | +6% |
| 83 | Macao | $21,092,000 | +3.1% |
| 84 | Bahrain | $20,826,000 | -42.1% |
| 85 | Tanzania | $19,993,000 | +67.8% |
| 86 | Ghana | $19,097,000 | +250.5% |
| 87 | Curaçao | $18,260,000 | -7.1% |
| 88 | Mali | $16,958,000 | +207.3% |
| 89 | Mozambique | $16,741,000 | +461.8% |
| 90 | Armenia | $16,703,000 | +87.7% |
| 91 | India | $16,694,000 | +3.7% |
| 92 | South Sudan | $16,224,000 | -22.7% |
| 93 | Guinea | $14,631,000 | +43.1% |
| 94 | Namibia | $13,952,000 | +12.4% |
| 95 | Bahamas | $13,286,000 | -0.4% |
| 96 | Senegal | $13,009,000 | -6.9% |
| 97 | Oman | $12,817,000 | -14.6% |
| 98 | Eswatini | $12,584,000 | +3.4% |
| 99 | Zimbabwe | $12,126,000 | +101% |
| 100 | Guinea-Bissau | $11,852,000 | +5.6% |
Focusing the top 100 most valuable importers of beer, the fastest-growing buyers of imported beer from 2024 to 2025 were Belarus (up 494.3%), Mozambique (up 461.8%), Kyrgyzstan (up 352%), Ghana (up 250.5%), Mali (up 207.3%) then Vietnam (up 202.5%).
You can change the presentation order by clicking the triangle icon at the top of any of the above table’s columns. An entry of 0% in the right-most column means that 2024 data was unavailable.
Beer Imported into the United States of America
America’s global purchases of imported beer totaled US$7.21 billion in 2025. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which the US imported the highest dollar value worth of beer during 2025. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2024 to 2025.
- Mexico: US$6.1 billion (down -4.4% from 2024)
- Netherlands: $596.6 million (down -17.6%)
- Ireland: $192.8 million (down -12.6%)
- Germany: $78.4 million (down -5.6%)
- Belgium: $48.9 million (up 3.5%)
- Canada: $20.4 million (down -73.8%)
- Jamaica: $18.3 million (down -2.3%)
- Italy: $17.7 million (down -55.8%)
- United Kingdom: $17.1 million (down -3.9%)
- Guatemala: $14.6 million (down -1.1%)
- Japan: $11.1 million (up 10.9%)
- Poland: $9.5 million (up 9.7%)
- South Korea: $8.7 million (down -12.3%)
- Spain: $8.7 million (up 4.8%)
- Czech Republic: $7.5 million (down -4.9%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 99.2% of beer imported by the United States of America in 2025.
Among the above countries, growth suppliers of beer to the United States from 2024 to 2025 were: Japan (up 10.9%), Poland (up 9.7%), Spain (up 4.8%) and Belgium (up 3.5%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their beer supplied to American importers included: Canada (down -73.8%), Italy (down -55.8%), Netherlands (down -17.6%) and Ireland (down -12.6%).
Overall, the value of America’s imported beer fell by an average -6.9% from all supplying countries from 2024 to 2025 when beer purchased cost $7.7 billion.
Beer Imported into France
France’s global purchases of imported beer totaled US$1.16 billion in 2025. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which France imported the highest dollar value worth of beer during 2025. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2024 to 2025.
- Belgium: US$690.6 million (down -0.2% from 2024)
- Netherlands: $217 million (up 9.6%)
- Germany: $63.8 million (up 16.8%)
- United Kingdom: $52.5 million (down -24.8%)
- Portugal: $28.6 million (up 8.7%)
- Ireland: $18.4 million (up 0.7%)
- Italy: $16.4 million (down -6.7%)
- Spain: $12 million (up 66.1%)
- France: $8.4 million (down -10.1%)
- Denmark: $6.6 million (up 17.5%)
- mainland China: $4.6 million (down -16.4%)
- Czech Republic: $2.5 million (down -20.4%)
- Austria: $2.3 million (up 48%)
- Luxembourg: $2.1 million (down -9.1%)
- Mauritius: $2 million (up 1.2%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 97.4% of beer imported by France in 2025.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of beer to France from 2024 to 2025 were: Spain (up 66.1%), Austria (up 48%), Denmark (up 17.5%) and Germany (up 16.8%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their beer supplied to French importers included: United Kingdom (down -24.8%), Czech Republic (down -20.4%), mainland China (down -16.4%) and France (down -10.1%).
Overall, the value of France’s imported beer rose by an average 1.9% from all supplying countries from 2024 to 2025 when beer purchased cost $1.14 billion.
Beer Imported into Italy
Italy’s global purchases of imported beer totaled US$780.2 million in 2025. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which Italy imported the highest dollar value worth of beer during 2025. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2024 to 2025.
- Germany: US$374.3 million (up 5.1% from 2024)
- Belgium: $123.3 million (up 7.3%)
- Netherlands: $50.8 million (down -21.6%)
- Poland: $49.6 million (up 8.6%)
- Denmark: $42.6 million (down -33.9%)
- France: $38.9 million (down -3.4%)
- United Kingdom: $29.3 million (up 27.6%)
- Ireland: $16.9 million (up 39.8%)
- Austria: $12.6 million (down -32.6%)
- Spain: $9.6 million (down -13.6%)
- mainland China: $9.2 million (up 74.3%)
- Slovenia: $5.1 million (up 5.4%)
- Romania: $4.3 million (down -5.8%)
- Czech Republic: $4 million (down -10.7%)
- Greece: $1.8 million (up 13.8%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 99% of beer imported by Italy in 2025.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of beer to Italy from 2024 to 2025 were: mainland China (up 74.3%), Ireland (up 39.8%), United Kingdom (up 27.6%) and Greece (up 13.8%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their beer supplied to Italian importers included: Denmark (down -33.9%), Austria (down -32.6%), Netherlands (down -21.6%) and Spain (down -13.6%).
Overall, the value of Italy’s imported beer flatlined to an average 0.1% gain from all supplying countries from 2024 to 2025 when beer purchased cost $779.3 million.
Beer Imported into the Netherlands
The Netherlands’ global purchases of imported beer totaled US$559.8 million in 2025. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which the Netherlands imported the highest dollar value worth of beer during 2025. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2024 to 2025.
- Belgium: US$343.2 million (up 0.4% from 2024)
- Germany: $70.4 million (up 10.4%)
- France: $33.9 million (up 21%)
- Poland: $19.8 million (down -6.1%)
- United Kingdom: $17.3 million (up 5.2%)
- Czech Republic: $12.7 million (up 43.2%)
- Italy: $11 million (up 9%)
- Ireland: $8.7 million (up 9.5%)
- Spain: $8.2 million (up 79.5%)
- Luxembourg: $5.3 million (up 73.7%)
- Denmark: $5.1 million (up 16.8%)
- United States: $4.1 million (up 1.7%)
- Latvia: $2.3 million (down -30.8%)
- Austria: $1.9 million (up 6.6%)
- Bulgaria: $1.9 million (up 408.6%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 97.5% of beer imported by the Netherlands in 2025.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of beer to the Netherlands from 2024 to 2025 were: Bulgaria (up 408.6%), Spain (up 79.5%), Luxembourg (up 73.7%) and the Czech Republic (up 43.2%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their beer supplied to Dutch importers were Latvia (down -30.8%) and Poland (down -6.1%).
Overall, the value of the Netherlands’ imported beer grew by an average 4.9% from all supplying countries from 2024 to 2025 when beer purchased cost $533.7 million.
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