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# NBWA Beer Purchasers' Index Gloomy, But 3 Segments Higher
- URL: https://bevnews.net/nbwa-beer-purchasers-index-gloomy/
- Published: 2022-11-30T03:46:04.000Z
- Updated: 2022-11-30T03:46:04.000Z
- Author: Joel Whitaker

Heading into the final months of 2022, there is a pessimistic outlook throughout the industry, the **National Beer Wholesalers Association** said in releasing its Beer Purchasers' Index for November. 

The November BPI shows a low reading of 38 and the “at-risk” inventory index is relatively higher at 49\. This continuation of lower BPI readings and low “at-risk” inventory are indicative of lower expected sales following fall price increases, news of increasing layoffs and a general slowing of the U.S. economy.

But there were notes of hope in the report. To begin with, The **below premium** index at 47 is significantly higher than the November 2021 reading of 29 and continues to be the only segment to report a higher reading over the 2021 indexes. This higher reading would be expected given the tremendous toll inflation is taking on working American families. 

The only other positive was the **imports** index which continues to point to expanding volumes for this segment with a reading of 59 in November 2022\. But it's not all good news: This is a lower reading relative to the November 2021 reading, which was 68.

Everything else is gloom-and-doom: 

- The **craft** index at 25 is well below the November 2021 reading of 47.
- The **premiumlights** index posted a reading of 41 below the November 2021 reading of 54\.
- The **premium regular** index at 30 is below the November 2021 reading of 38\.
- The **FMB/seltze**r index continues to contract, falling to 16 in November 2022 from a November 2021 reading of 31.
- Finally, the **cider** index reports a November 2022 index of 28 compared to 32 in November 2021.