(Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS) – Heineken reported Q3 2012 trading results on Wednesday. Unfortunately, the company doesn’t break out USA activity separately from South America.

Management did say on a conference call that the company planned to take pricing in the U.S. and other regions.

A couple relevant points of info below. Expect more color on North America in February when the company releases its annual report.

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In the Americas, group beer volume grew organically by 4.4%, driven by higher volume in Mexico, Brazil and the USA. Depletions in the USA increased in the low-single digits resulting in market share gains in the country. The Dos Equis brand continued its strong volume growth momentum, while depletions of the Heineken® lager brand were broadly in line with the prior year period.

Volume of Strongbow, our cider brand, declined by low-single digits in the quarter with lower volume in the UK only partially offset by strong growth in the USA and South Africa.