Beer Institute releases domestic tax numbers for Q1

The Beer Institute published an unofficial estimate of domestic tax paid by beer brewers to end April.

The March 2013 domestic tax paid estimate is 14,900,000 barrels. March 2012 removals were 15,564,000 (revised) for a decrease of 4.3 percent.

Below are the revised numbers thru March.

Month	2012	2013	Percent Change	Volume Change
January	13,341,173	13,700,000	2.7%	358,827
February	13,750,782	12,900,000	-6.2%	-850,782
March	15,564,000	14,900,000	-4.3%	-664,000
YTD	42,655,955	41,500,000	-2.7%	-1,155,955