Calvados sales drop 17% in 2020
Calvados sales drop 17% in 2020 15th March, 2021 by Owen Bellwood Sales of Calvados fell 17% last year as the impact of Covid-19 in France offset double-digit growth in the Netherlands and Japan. Calvados sales grew in Russia, the Netherlands and Japan New figures released by the Interprofessional Association of Cider-Based Controlled Appellations (IDAC) found that 4.2 million bottles of Calvados were sold last year, representing a drop of 17% compared with 2019. Exports represented 55% of all Calvados sales, with 43.5% of bottles sold in the European Union (excluding France) and 4% sold in...