The Beer Institute published an unofficial estimate of domestic tax paid by beer brewers to end April.
The March 2013 domestic tax paid estimate is 14,900,000 barrels. March 2012 removals were 15,564,000 (revised) for a decrease of 4.3 percent.
Below are the revised numbers thru March.
| 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 | 15,564,000 | 14,900,000 | -4.3% | -664,000 |
| YTD | 42,655,955 | 41,500,000 | -2.7% | -1,155,955 |
