1、 2025 DISCUS American Spirits Exports Report OVERVIEW U.S.spirits exports declined 3.8%to$2.37 billion in 2025 amid ongoing trade friction,domestic and international economic headwinds and retaliatory actions that disrupted access to key established markets.The overall decline in 2025 was driven in
2、part by a sharp drop in exports to Canada following the provinces removal of American-made spirits from retail shelves.Additionally,exports of American Whiskeys to our largest single export market,the European Union(EU),fell by 35%to$454 million.This is likely the result of American Whiskey producer
3、s front-loading exports to the EU in late 2024 in response to the threat of retaliatory tariffs.In total,American Whiskey exports fell below 50%of total U.S.spirits exports for the first time since 1996 to a record low of 45%.While exports have grown substantially over the long term increasing fivef
4、old,from$478 million in 2000 to$2.37 billion in 2025 the 2025 results underscore the industrys vulnerability to uncertainty in the global trade environment and the critical importance of restoring the permanent return of tariff-free trade.Sustained export growth depends on a permanent return to zero
5、-for-zero spirits tariffs in key export markets and new market-opening agreements in countries such as India and Brazil,where other major spirits-producing markets have recently secured tariff reductions.HISTORY OF U.S.SPIRITS EXPORT GAINS:25 YEARS OF GROWTH DUE TO ZERO-FOR-ZERO TARIFFS WITH KEY TRA
6、DING PARTNERS The fivefold growth in U.S.spirits exports has been largely driven by the U.S.spirits sector having a fair and reciprocal playing field with 51 markets that have provided tariff-free access for U.S.spirits,including the EU,United Kingdom(UK),Canada,Mexico,Japan and others.Today,nearly