Press Release:
(Washington, DC) – Today, 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. 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 |
The Beer Institute is the trade association representing all brewers and beer importers, as well as industry suppliers.