Last week, the Beer Institute published an unofficial estimate of domestic tax paid by beer brewers. The June 2014 domestic tax paid estimate is 16,350,000 barrels. June 2013 removals were 16,600,000 barrels (revised) for a decrease of -1.5 percent. Please note the following monthly revisions from previous releases for 2013 and 2014:
Month 2013 2014 Percent Change Volume Change
January 13,713,729 13,770,000 0.4% 56,271
February 12,926,210 13,300,000 2.9% 373,790
March 14,803,136 14,700,000 -0.7% -103,136
April 15,066,241 14,990,000 -0.5% -76,241
May 16,320,000 16,000,000 -2.0% -320,000
June 16,600,000 16,350,000 -1.5% -250,000
YTD 89,429,316 89,110,000 -0.4% -319,316
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