Supplier profile · verified US ocean import records
The Absolut Company International A
Food & Beveragevodka and spirits
Data window: Jan 2, 2026 – Aug 15, 2026Updated Aug 30, 2026Source: US ocean import recordsMethodology
Supplier Profile
Premium spirits manufacturer and brand owner | Stockholm & Åhus, Sweden
Updated Sep 2026
The Absolut Company is Pernod Ricard's Crystal Brand Unit for clear spirits and ready-to-drink products, managing production, packaging and strategic marketing for Absolut Vodka, Malibu and Kahlúa. [1] Its Absolut Vodka is distilled in and around Åhus, southern Sweden, using local winter wheat and water from a deep well; the brand reports availability in more than 140 markets. [4] The Absolut vodka production heritage traces to continuous distillation introduced by L.O. Smith in 1879. [4]
- Business type
- Manufacturer and brand owner: manages production, packaging and strategic marketing for a Pernod Ricard clear-spirits and RTD portfolio.1,2
- Location
- Main office: Marieviksgatan 19C, 117 97 Stockholm, Sweden; Absolut production: Köpmannagatan 29, 296 31 Åhus, Sweden.2
- Products
- Portfolio includes Absolut Vodka, Malibu, Kahlúa and Elyx Vodka; Absolut also has flavoured-vodka and RTD collaborations.1,4
- Capabilities
- Absolut is distilled, perfected and bottled in Åhus; its production model sources the majority of the journey in and around Åhus.4,5
- Materials
- Absolut Vodka uses winter wheat from southern Sweden and water from company wells more than 140 metres deep; the brand says approximately 400 farms supply its wheat community.5
- Sustainability
- Pernod Ricard reported the Åhus distillery carbon-neutral since 2013; The Absolut Company states that the distillery is now fossil-free.6,4
- Group
- Part of Pernod Ricard. The Absolut Company operates within its Crystal Brand Unit for clear spirits and RTD products.1,3
- Export experience
- Absolut Vodka is available in more than 140 markets; the company says the brand began exporting to the United States in 1979.4
- Key people
- Stéphanie Durroux is CEO, Crystal BU; Jan-Willem Boezelman is VP Manufacturing, Crystal BU.3
- Commercial contact
- Stockholm main office: +46 8 744 70 00. Åhus production: +46 4 428 80 00.2
- Customers
- Western Carriers, Pernod Ricard USA, Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits, Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits O, Ohio Department of Liquor Control, MS Walker, Badger Liquor Co Inc, Pernod Ricard USA LLC7
- Key people
- Stéphanie Durroux, CEO, Crystal Brand Unit; Jan-Willem Boezelman, VP Manufacturing, Crystal Brand Unit3
Best suited for: Suitable for licensed spirits importers, distributors and beverage buyers seeking an established Pernod Ricard-owned premium-vodka supply chain with production and bottling centred in Åhus.
Researched profile of The Absolut Company International A, 7 Sept 2026, from 7 sources. Shipment figures elsewhere on this page are from US customs records, not from these sources.
Sources
- About us | The Absolut Company — The Absolut Company
- Contact us | The Absolut Company — The Absolut Company
- Leadership team | The Absolut Company — The Absolut Company
- Absolut Vodka | The Absolut Company — The Absolut Company
- Absolut One Source Story — Absolut Vodka
- Absolut Vodka: a carbon neutral distillery — Pernod Ricard
- The Absolut Company International A supplier record — Mati Logistics
Company details
As filed on the customs records.
Contact
- Country
- Sweden (SE)
Shipping history
- First shipment
- Jan 2, 2015
- Shipments, all time
- 30,215
- Shipments, analysed window
- 74 (Jan 2, 2026 – Aug 15, 2026)
- Year on year
- +18400%
- Quarter on quarter
- +120%
“All time” covers this supplier’s whole record in the source export; the analysed window is the span of the shipments held here, which the trade evidence below is built from.
At a glance
What this supplier appears to ship
- Vodka
- Abs Tabasco
- Abs Vodka
HS: 220860, 220060, 210390
Evidence of recent activity
- Latest shipment
- Aug 15, 2026
- Shipments in window
- 74
- US buyers
- 28
- First shipment on record
- Jan 2, 2015
What customs data cannot confirm
Shipment counts, buyers and recency show trade activity only. They do not verify product quality, certifications, production capacity, minimum order quantities, pricing, lead times, or whether a company will take on a new buyer. Use the evidence to shortlist, then verify directly.
Trade evidence
From US ocean import records, Jan 2, 2026 – Aug 15, 2026. Counts are bills of lading; definitions on the methodology page.
Who imports from them
Western Carriers received 13 of the 74 shipments (18%); 27 other buyers account for the rest.
| Buyer | Shipments | Last |
|---|---|---|
| Western Carriers | 13 | Aug 15, 2026 |
| Pernod Ricard Usa | 10 | Jan 2, 2026 |
| Southern Glazers Wine And Spirits | 7 | Jul 19, 2026 |
| Southern Glazers Wine And Spirits O | 7 | Aug 12, 2026 |
| Ohio Dept Of Liquor Control | 4 | Aug 15, 2026 |
| Ms Walker | 3 | Jul 22, 2026 |
| Badger Liquor Co Inc | 3 | Jan 3, 2026 |
| Pernod Ricard Usa Llc | 3 | Jan 10, 2026 |
| Empire Dist Inc | 2 | Jul 23, 2026 |
| Rhode Island Distributing Co Llc | 2 | Jul 22, 2026 |
| Rndc Livonia | 2 | Aug 10, 2026 |
| Cb Groveport Warehouse Oh | 2 | Jan 2, 2026 |
| Johnson Bros Whsle Lq Co | 1 | Jul 24, 2026 |
| B Fernandez & Hermanos Inc | 1 | Jul 23, 2026 |
| United Liquors Llc | 1 | Jul 22, 2026 |
| Athens Distributing Co | 1 | Jul 19, 2026 |
| Agencias Y Representaciones Cordove | 1 | Aug 15, 2026 |
| Johnson Brothers Liquor Co | 1 | Aug 15, 2026 |
| Ca Green Warehouse | 1 | Jan 2, 2026 |
| Frank Liquor Company Inc | 1 | Jan 2, 2026 |
| Hartley & Parker Ltd | 1 | Jan 2, 2026 |
| Connecticut Distributors Inc | 1 | Jan 2, 2026 |
| Breakthru Beverage Missouri | 1 | Jan 2, 2026 |
| Breakthru Beverage | 1 | Jan 2, 2026 |
| Rndc Republic National Distributing | 1 | Jan 3, 2026 |
HS codes shipped
220860Vodka72220060Beverages, spirits and vinegar1210390Other1
What they ship
- Vodka22
- Abs Tabasco13
- Abs Vodka4
- Undenatured Ethyl Alcohol Alcoholic Strength Abs Vodka Nrc2
- Abs Vodka Abs Citron Abs Citron Abs Vodka Sum2
- Abs Vodka Abs Vodka Abs Vodka Sum2
- Abs Citron Abs Vodka Abs Raspberri Abs Vanilia Abs Pears Abs Mango Abs Vodka Abs Grapefruit Abs Citron Abs Vodka Sum1
- Abs Vodka Abs Citron Abs Vodka Abs Vodka Abs Vodka Sum1
- Abs Vodka Abs Vodka Abs Citron Abs Vodka Sum1
- Abs Lime Abs Tabasco Abs Citron Sum1
- Abs Citron Abs Vodka Abs Peach Abs Pears Abs Wildberri Sum1
- Abs Vanilia Abs Vodka Abs Raspberri Abs Citron Abs Mandrin Abs Watermelon Abs Lime Sum1
- Abs Vodka Abs Citron Abs Vodka Abs Citron Abs Grapefruit Abs Pears Abs Raspberri Abs Tabasco Abs Vanilia Abs Vodka Abs Citron Abs Mandrin Abs Pears Abs Raspberri Abs Tabasco Abs Vodka Abs Odka Abs Watermelon Abs Wildberri Sum1
- Abs Vodka Abs Vodka Abs Vodka Abs Vodka Abs Tabasco Abs Tabasco Abs Watermelon Abs Citron Abs Citron Abs Pears Abs Vanilia Sum1
- Abs Vodka Abs Vodka Abs Citron Abs Vodka Abs Vodka Abs Vodka Sum1
- Abs Vodka Sum1
- Abs Vodka Abs Vodka Abs Citron Abs Citron Abs Grapefruit Abs Mandrin Abs Pears Abs Tabasco Abs Tabasco Abs Vanilia Abs Vanilia Abs Peach Abs Vodka Sum1
- Abs Vodka Abs Vodka Abs Mandrin Abs Tabasco Abs Tabasco Abs Vanilia Abs Wildberri Sum Cas1
- Abs Vodka Abs Vodka Abs Citron Abs Citron Abs Grapefruit Abs Lime Abs Mandrin Abs Mandrin Abs Peppar Abs Peppar Abs Raspberri Abs Tabasco Abs Tabasco Sum1
- Abs Tabasco Abs Tabasco Abs Vanilia Sum1
- Abs Citron Abs Citron Abs Citron Abs Mandrin Abs Mandrin Abs Pears Abs Pears Abs Raspberri Abs Vanilia Abs Vodka Sum1
- Abs Tabasco Abs Tabasco Abs Citron Abs Citron Abs Citron Abs Mandrin Abs Mandrin Abs Peach Abs Pears Abs Raspberri Abs Raspberri Abs Vanilia Abs Vodka Sum1
- Abs Citron Abs Citron Abs Lime Abs Raspberri Abs Raspberri Abs Peppar Abs Peach Abs Wildberri Abs Vodka Abs Citron Abs Watermelon Abs Mandrin Abs Citron Sum1
- Abs Vodka Abs Vodka Abs Vodka Abs Citron Abs Watermelon Abs Peppar Abs Vanilia Abs Pears Abs Vodka Abs Vodka Abs Citron Abs Lime Abs Peach Abs Tabasco Abs Tabasco Sum Abs Vodka Abs Vodka Abs Vodka Abs Citron Abs Grapefruit Abs Watermelon Abs Vanilia Abs Peppar Abs Pears Sum Abs Raspberri Abs Peppar Abs Pears Abs Wildberri Sum1
- Abs Citron Abs Vodka Abs Citron Abs Mandrin Abs Lime Abs Mandrin Abs Mandrin Abs Raspberri Abs Raspberri Abs Vanilia Abs Vanilia Abs Peach Abs Tabasco Sum1
Verbatim customs descriptions. They describe what moved, not the factory’s full range.
What the data shows: Bremerhaven and Freeport, Grand Bahama Island account for the two largest groups: 63 (85%) and 7 (9%) of 74 shipments across 4 ports of loading.
Ports of loading
Ports of entry
Carriers used
Frequently asked questions
What does The Absolut Company International A ship to the United States?
The ‘What they ship’ section lists the verbatim product descriptions from The Absolut Company International A’s 74 US ocean import filings in the analysed window, alongside the HS codes declared. They describe what moved, not the company’s full range.
Who imports from The Absolut Company International A?
28 US buyers appear as consignee on the records; they are listed under ‘Who imports from them’ with shipment counts and last-seen dates.
Is The Absolut Company International A still active?
The latest shipment on record arrived on Aug 15, 2026. Recency is the best available signal of activity; it is not a guarantee that the company is trading today.
Does this page verify quality or certifications?
No. Shipment counts, buyers and recency show trade activity only. They do not verify product quality, certifications, production capacity, minimum order quantities, pricing, lead times, or whether a company will take on a new buyer. Use the evidence to shortlist, then verify directly.
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