Questão
ID 3168326Disciplina: Língua Inglesa
Assunto: Interpretação de Texto | Text Interpretation
Ano: 2024 Banca: FUNDATEC - Fundação Universidade Empresa de Tecnologia e Ciências Órgão: Centro de Tecnologias Estratégicas do Nordeste
Surge in spirit exports as ‘spectacular’ growth of Irish whiskey continues
- Some 15.2 million cases of Irish whiskey were sold at home and abroad in 2022 as spiritmakers
- in the Republic shook off the remaining effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. Sales volumes
- of Irish-protected spirits, including whiskey, Irish Cream, and Poitín, improved by 5.7 percent in
- the year to 25.2 million nine-liter cases, with the United States retaining its status as the top
- destination for Irish tipples. In particular, Irish whiskey continued its “spectacular global growth”,
- reaching 15.3 million cases in 2022, an increase of 8.6 percent.
- The UK became the second-biggest international market for the product, with Russia falling
- out of the top five in the wake of the war in Ukraine as spirit-makers pulled their products from
- the market there. The “meteoric rise” of gin, meanwhile, showed signs of slowing last year, with
- global and domestic sales, including Irish brands, falling 1.7 percent in the year in volume terms.
- However, the industry body said this was driven by a slowdown in standard gin brand sales while
- premium gins “powered ahead” by 15 percent in the year.
(https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2023/08/11/surge-in-spirit-exports-as-spectacular-growth-of-irish-whiskey-continues/– text specially adapted for this test)
Mark the correct statement about gin sales, according to the article.