BEER INSTITUTE RELEASES DECEMBER 2016 DOMESTIC TAX PAID ESTIMATE
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the Beer Institute published an unofficial estimate of domestic tax paid shipments by beer brewers for December 2016:
The December 2016 estimate is 13,715,000 barrels, an increase of 0.8% versus December 2015 removals of 13,612,000 barrels. Please note that the estimates reflect revised estimates released by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB).
| Month | 2015 | 2016 | Percent Change | Volume Change |
| January | 12,935,682 | 12,691,000 | -1.9% | -244,682 |
| February | 12,445,216 | 12,941,000 | 4.0% | 495,784 |
| March | 15,317,910 | 15,377,000 | 0.4% | 59,090 |
| April | 15,012,049 | 14,744,000 | -1.8% | -268,049 |
| May | 15,615,011 | 15,677,000 | 0.4% | 61,989 |
| June | 16,878,230 | 16,777,000 | -0.6% | -101,230 |
| July | 15,904,071 | 15,101,000 | -5.0% | -803,071 |
| August | 15,654,831 | 16,223,000 | 3.6% | 568,169 |
| September | 15,675,544 | 15,191,000 | -3.1% | -484,544 |
| October | 14,098,594 | 13,159,000 | -6.7% | -939,594 |
| November | 12,389,629 | 12,508,000 | 1.0% | 118,371 |
| December | 13,612,000 | 13,715,000 | 0.8% | 103,000 |
| CY 2016 | 175,538,767 | 174,104,000 | -0.8% | -1,434,767 |
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