Canada’s duty free sales were up at both airport and land border stores in July 2016, according to the latest numbers from the Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA).
Airport sales were $39 million for the month, rising 19% versus July 2015. Through the first seven months airport sales are $220 million, an increase of 6.9%. Perfume, Cosmetics, Skincare, the number one category in Canada’s airports with more than 37% of sales, rose 23.54% in July. Alcohol sales (20.58%) increased 21.83%. Tobacco sales were up 12.75% in July.
Land border sales were $20 million in July 2016, up 7.63%. Through July land border sales are $83 million, an increase of around 7%.
Alcohol, Canada’s land border’s number one category with 43.36% of sales, was up 14.91% in July. Tobacco (almost 19% of sales) fell 7.32%. Perfume, Cosmetics, Skincare (14.79%) increased 4.74%.
Ontario, the largest land border region with $11 million July sales, rose 12% versus July 2015. Atlantic/Quebec sales were $4.9 million, a slight increase of 1.46%. Pacific sales were $3 million (up 6.59%), while Prairie region sales were $992,000, down around 4%.
