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Updated at 3:58 p.m., Friday, August 1, 2008

Beer shipments to Hawaii up slightly in June

Advertiser Staff

Hawai'i was one of 21 states where beer shipments rose in June compared with a year earlier, according to data from the Beer Institute.

The numbers reported by Bloomberg News shows beer shipments to Hawai'i's totaled 89,000 barrels, or 1.7 percent more than a year earlier.

The increase compared to a decline nationally of 2 percent. Several large states reported lower shipments, including California, Illinois, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Michigan.