The Beer Institute releases domestic tax paid estimate in barrels

We realize these are not the barrels being discussed.

The Beer Institute represents the whole of the $223 billion American beer industry (an industry that includes more than 2,500 breweries and 1.8 million jobs). The Beer Institute’s members include everyone from America’s largest brewers to some of the country’s smallest craft brands. The organization is a great source of statistics, and in late February, the Beer Institute published an unofficial estimate of domestic tax paid by beer brewers.

The January 2013 domestic tax paid estimate is 13,500,000 barrels (bbls). January 2012 removals were 13,340,000 (revised) for an increase of +1.2 percent.

Please note the following monthly revisions from previous releases for 2011 and 2012:

Month                   2011                  2012              Percent Change      Volume Change
January           12,722,140        13,340,000                  4.9%                             617,860
February         12,764,023       13,716,000                   7.5%                            951,977
March               16,406,747       15,564,000                   -5.1%                          -842,747
April                  14,856,650       14,950,000                   0.6%                            93,350
May                   16,136,290        16,919,000                    4.9%                            782,710
June                  17,716,053        16,960,000                   -4.3%                          -756,053
July                   15,273,448        16,430,000                    7.6%                           1,156,552
August             16,258,921         16,560,000                    1.9%                            301,079
September      15,601,996         14,750,000                  -5.5%                           -851,996
October            13,653,325         14,300,000                  4.7%                            646,675
November       13,231,161          13,414,000                   1.4%                            182,839
December        13,315,000        13,150,000                  -1.2%                           -165,000
YTD                    177,935,754     180,053,000                1.2%                            2,117,246