Yesterday, the trade org called the Beer Institute published an unofficial estimate of domestic tax paid shipments by beer brewers for February 2021. The February 2021 estimate is 11,625,000 bbls, an increase of 2.6 percent compared to February 2020 removals of 11,325,000 bbls. The Beer Institute will continue to revise its 2020 estimates as the TTB continues to update its data. Here we go…
Domestic Tax Paid — TTB
(31 Gallon Barrels)
| Month | 2019 | 2020 | Percent Change | Volume Change |
| January | 12,433,513 | 12,423,000 | -0.1% | -10,513 |
| February | 11,430,829 | 11,325,000 | -0.9% | -105,829 |
| March | 14,512,347 | 14,533,000 | 0.1% | 20,653 |
| April | 14,233,050 | 13,437,000 | -5.6% | -796,050 |
| May | 15,224,619 | 13,774,000 | -9.5% | -1,450,619 |
| June | 15,878,059 | 16,216,000 | 2.1% | 337,941 |
| July | 14,885,484 | 15,385,000 | 3.4% | 499,516 |
| August | 14,369,816 | 15,045,000 | 4.7% | 675,184 |
| September | 14,851,541 | 15,603,000 | 5.1% | 751,459 |
| October | 13,200,028 | 13,521,000 | 2.4% | 320,972 |
| November | 12,421,000 | 12,640,000 | 1.8% | 219,000 |
| December | 13,825,000 | 13,800,000 | -0.2% | -25,000 |
| YTD | 167,265,286 | 167,702,000 | 0.3% | 436,714 |
| Domestic Tax Paid – TTB | ||||
| (31 Gallon Barrels) | ||||
| Month | 2020 | 2021 | Percent Change | Volume Change |
| January | 12,423,000 | 12,725,000 | 2.4% | 302,000 |
| February | 11,325,000 | 11,625,000 | 2.6% | 300,000 |
| YTD | 23,748,000 | 24,350,000 | 2.5% | 602,000 |
