PM says 10K Cases of Corona Beer Due to Local Shortage

The government of Belize recently authorized over ten thousand cases of Corona beer to be imported into the country. The volume of the shipment raised concerns among local brewers about the impact that the flood of Mexican beers would have on the Belizean market. Prime Minister John Briceño explained that the importation is due to a shortage of local beer at a time of high demand. Here is more on that.

 

Prime Minister John Briceño

“It’s ten thousand cases. And not a single bottle has been imported yet. They just issued, or about to issue the the permit to import it. What has been happening is that there has been a shortage of Belikin, there has been a shortage of Coca-Cola in the market. I got a message from one of my constituents yesterday saying, here with the twenty-first, and we are short of soft drinks and beer, and this is a time when we can sell. And I’ve been in touch with the CEO, mister Michael Bowen, an excellent businessman and Belizean.  And he’s saying that they have increased the production and sales have increased. But it seems because of the growth of the of the economy, we’ve been growing very fast, it’s been difficult to catch up. So there’s some shortages. Is that a policy that we want to go down to? I don’t think so. I don’t think that’s a policy that to we want to support local industry but if from time to time there’s a shortage we may need to consider in the short term to allow that to come. We are still looking at the issue of the Corona beer and probably quite likely at the next cabinet probably it will become will come up for discussion.”