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Diageo, the world’s largest spirit maker, will be affected by Monday President Trump The tariffs are expected to be $150 million “on an annual basis.”
The 10% tariffs on the UK and European imports into the US are causative factors, the company said in its third quarter trading statement.
“In the third quarter, we are on track to achieve strong organic net sales growth and provide guidance for continuous improvements in organic net sales performance in the second half of fiscal year 25,” Diageo CEO Debra Crew said in a statement.
“We also repeated our forecasts for 25 organic operating income, including the impact of tariffs based on what we know at this time,” she continued.
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Distillery in Diageo India, located in the Mazzia Industrial Area, Alwar, Rajasthan, India, on Friday, December 27th, 2024. (Anindito Mukherjee / Bloomberg / Getty Images)
In February, Diageo estimated an annual hit from the job would be around $200 million, as the threat of collection of 25% affecting Mexican tequila and Canadian whiskey did not come true.
Diageo is set to save $500 million in costs by 2028 after years of decline in sales, revising the expected hit from US tariffs. Mexican taxation And Canada retreated.
The plan will support the makers of Johnnie Walker whiskey Guinness Beer The statement said it had provided approximately $3 billion in free cash flow annually since 2026, reducing debt.
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A pint of Guinness at Old Sirera Public House, located on January 29th, 2025 in the Stoke Newington area of ​​London, England. (Bryn Colton/Getty Images)
Diageo generates around 45% of US sales from products that must be made in either Mexico or Canada.
The spirits industry was already struggling with a sharp drop in sales amid high interest rates and inflation when President Donald Trump announced a swept tariff plan that threatened to raise sales even further.
A bottle of Johnnie Walker red label Jack Daniels and Jim Beam whiskey sold on Saturday, May 3, 2025 at a store in Bremen, Germany. (Krisztian Bocsi / Bloomberg / Getty Images)
| Ticker | safety | last | change | change % |
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| Deo | Diageo plc | 115.05 | +0.26 |
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Reuters contributed to this report.
