Italian spirits firm Gruppo Campari reported a €1.27bn in revenue for the nine months to the end of September, an 8.1% increase over the previous year.

The company behind brands such as Campari, Skyy vodka, Aperol, among others credits its sales growth to the performance of its high margin global and regional priority brands as well as a slightly positive exchange rate effect of 0.3%, driven by the progressive strengthening of the Euro against many of the group’s trading currencies.

The company said it also benefitted from the combined perimeter effect of the Grand Marnier acquisition in July 2016, the termination of some distribution agreements and the sale of non-core businesses.

Gruppo Campari, the Italian spirits group hailed its first-half results as sales grew 13.5% to €844.7m, helped by strong growth of high-margin global priorities and regional priority brands.

The maker of SKYY vodka and Wild Turkey bourbon said that it also benefitted from a positive exchange rate effect of 1.8% as many currencies it trades in increased in valuation. The company adds that the consolidation of the Grand Marnier acquisition in July 2016 helped boost sales as well as the termination of some distribution agreements and sale of non-core businesses.

Gruppo Campari said on Tuesday that the combined effect of currency headwinds, termination of distribution agreements and sale of non-core businesses led to decline in sales and profit in the first-half of 2016.

The maker of SkYY vodka, Aperol and Cynar among others reported 1.8% decline in revenue in the six-months ended June 30 to €743.9m, down from €757.9m in the same period last year.

The spirits maker said that group net profit fell 13.8% to €67.2m, down from €77.9m made in the preceding year.