Press Release:
(Washington, DC) – Today the Beer Institute published an unofficial estimate of domestic tax paid by beer brewers:
The May 2013 domestic tax paid estimate is 16,300,000 barrels. May 2012 removals were 16,919,000 (revised) for a decrease of 3.7%.
Please note the following monthly revisions from previous releases for 2012 and 2013:
| 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 |
15,650,416 |
14,792,000 |
-5.5% |
-858,416 |
| April |
14,950,000 |
15,000,000 |
0.3% |
50,000 |
| May |
16,919,000 |
16,300,000 |
-3.7% |
-619,000 |
| YTD |
74,611,371 |
72,692,000 |
-2.6% |
-1,919,371 |
The Beer Institute is the trade association representing all brewers and beer importers, as well as industry suppliers.